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Last update - 17:01 25/03/2008 Court extends remand for mother suspected of abusing her 12 children By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Police, Jerusalem  A Jerusalem court on Tuesday extended by six days the remand of a Beit Shemesh woman suspected of abusing her twelve children. Police believe that the children had sexual intercourse with each other, some for a long period of time. "The investigation started a few months ago following a complaint from a distressed teen. I arrived at the house and it seemed as though something was not right there," said police head of investigations in Beit Shemesh, Roni Markovitch. "We opened with a wide-scale undercover investigation, and then we received complaints of violence within the family and incest between the siblings." Advertisement Markovitch maintained that not all of the 12 children were involved in incest. During the police investigation, it became evident that the mother was violent towards some of her children, and would routinely beat them, sometimes with a sharp object. In other instances, when the children would come home late, they would be sent to sleep in a locked shed outside of the house. "The mother called what happened there 'education,' and I call it terror," said Markovitch, "the violence in that house was not easy. I have investigated many cases, and this is the hardest." Related articles: Father, son indicted for raping daughter over 9-year period Education Ministry report shows increased sexual violence in schools Parental abuse at the hands of children a growing Israeli trend Bookmark to del.icio.us   Love story Israel permits gay Palestinian to join his lover in Tel Aviv. Interfaith get-together Saudi King plans first interfaith conference to include Jews.   1.   And where was/is the father, in this ongoing nightmare...?! 18:07  |  Rsther 25/03/08   2.   Abusive Mother 19:06  |  Shalom 25/03/08   3.   It`s a LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 21:34  |  Ehud 25/03/08   4.   Abusive Mother 23:16  |  Judith 25/03/08   5.   To Ehud 23:18  |  Jessica 25/03/08   6.   Tragic family 07:40  |  Umm Danny 26/03/08   7.   TYPICAL MUSLIM MOTHER 13:47  |  petra 26/03/08

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