German police raid home of teenage boy suspected of making highly toxic warfare agent
- German police raided the home of a 16-year-old boy who allegedly produced and stored vials of a potentially deadly ricin-aconitine mixture, a biological warfare agent, in eastern Saxony.
- The teen is accused of manufacturing the ricin-aconitine mixture in a lab set up in his parents' attic, but investigations have not revealed his purpose for doing so.
- Ricin, derived from castor oil plant seeds, and aconitine, from the aconite plant, are highly toxic substances that can be deadly in small amounts.
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German Teenager Made Warfare Toxins on Parents’ Farm
A raid on a property in Zeithain, Saxony found that a 16-year-old boy had made and stored the highly toxic biological warfare substances ricin and aconite on his parents’ farm. The boy is now under suspicion of violating Germany’s War Weapons Control Act. “Officers began searching the suspect’s home early Thursday morning, according to a statement from Saxony police. Their goal is to ‘secure all toxic substances and other evidence,’”the statemen…
Zeithain (Saxony) – On the farm of his parents a 16-year-old is said to have hoarded large amounts of the deadly poison castin.
Procuratorate and criminal police investigate a 16-year-old in the Saxon timeline because of the suspicion of a violation of the War Weapons Control Act.
A youth from Saxony is suspected of working with the explosive castor and of producing a poison. During a raid, the police found a laboratory in his home.
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