US EditionAustrian police arrest man over poisoned baby food case
Authorities say 5 manipulated jars were recovered and HiPP issued a recall after a blackmailer demanded €2 million.
- On Saturday, Austrian police arrested a 39-year-old man in Burgenland in connection with blackmailing German baby food manufacturer HiPP by placing rat poison in product jars.
- An email demanding €2 million was sent to HiPP in March, but the company overlooked it because the message reached a rarely monitored group address, per Statement 22.
- Investigators recovered five "manipulated" jars across Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia before consumption, including a 190-gram jar of "carrots with potatoes" containing 15 micrograms of rat poison.
- HiPP issued a product recall in Austria following the discovery, while authorities continue searching for a sixth jar believed to remain somewhere within the country.
- The suspect faces charges of deliberately causing a public danger and attempted grievous bodily harm, with German police assisting the investigation as the case involves a German-based manufacturer.
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A man suspected of contaminated baby pots with rat-mortem was arrested on Saturday in Austria, the police said. Five pots of manipulated puree from the Hipp brand were discovered in three European countries in mid-April. However, a product sold and suspected of being poisoned was not found. - Pots for babies poisoned with rat-mortem: a suspect arrested in Austria (International).
Austria arrests baby food poisoning suspect
Austrian police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of lacing jars of baby food with rat poison in what authorities presumed was an extortion scheme. Police, cited by the APA news agency, said the suspect, aged 39, was apprehended in the state of Burgenland, south of Vienna. They did not name him nor say where exactly he was arrested. He was charged with deliberately causing a public danger and attempted grievous bodily harm. The arrest comes t…
Austrian police announced today that they have arrested a 39-year-old man linked to the case of poisoning children's porridge with rat poison in what a German baby food manufacturer said was an extortion attempt.
Rat poison placed in baby food jars in attempt to extort manufacturer, company says
Austrian police said on Saturday they have arrested a 39-year-old suspect in connection with a case in which rat poison was placed in jars of baby food in what their German manufacturer called an attempt to extort it.
The suspect demanded two million euros in cryptocurrency from baby food manufacturer HiPP.
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