Mother imprisoned in Brazil for 17 years speaks of ordeal
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An old stove inside a room in the house where the three people were held captive for 17 years
IMAGE SOURCE,RIO DE JANEIRO MILITARY POLICE/EPA
A Brazilian woman has spoken of her ordeal of being imprisoned - along with her two children - by her husband for 17 years, local media report.
The family was rescued from a house in the Guaratiba neighbourhood, in the west of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, police said.
The husband has been arrested.
In comments to authorities quoted by Brazilian news site G1, the woman alleged her husband had said she would only leave the house once she was dead.
According to G1, the man - named by authorities as Luiz Antonio Santos Silva - and his wife had been married for 23 years.
After being rescued, the mother reportedly told authorities the three imprisoned family members would sometimes go without food for three days, and were often physically and psychologically abused, G1 reports.
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