A father is facing charges of sexual abuse for allegedly raping his two-year-old daughter and streaming the heinous act on the ‘dark web’. According to reports in German media, the 28-year-old man, belongs to Lubeck in northern Germany. The man, along with a male acquaintance, aged 47, is accused of raping the child multiple times. Both the men are to appear in court next week. German prosecutor Christian Braunwarth informed a German news agency that the unemployed father, sexually abused his daughter nine times from the summer of 2016 to November 2016, when he was arrested. The horrifying ordeal for the child not only included rape but also involved being brought ‘close to death’ by gagging, said Braunwarth. The two men allegedly filmed the abuse and broadcast it live on the dark web, which masks users’ IP addresses. According to the prosecutor, the network included around 50 participants. The child has suffered severe trauma due to the abuse and is now in the sole custody of her mother. The mother was reportedly unaware of the assaults as the abuse took place when she was asleep or at work. The ghastly abuse was brought to the attention of child protective services in November 2016 after the accused sent photos and videos of the alleged crime through Whatsapp to another man he met on an online dating site. The man alerted child protection authorities who notified the police. The father was then arrested three days later. According to media reports citing prosecutors said that the man has confessed to some of the charges. Police carried out a search of both men’s homes and uncovered instruments that were supposedly used to bind and gag the child. The police are also reportedly investigating the suspects who participated in the live chats, some of whom even encouraged the child to perform certain acts on the two-year-old, while others received child porn material from both the men.