Austria: Police arrest suspect over poisoned HiPP baby food
Key takeaways
- A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Austria for his alleged involvement in an attempt to blackmail a German baby food manufacturer.
- The APA news agency cited police as saying that the suspect was arrested in Burgenland, a state in southern Austria.
- Earlier, the Austrian tabloid newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported that the suspect had been arrested in the state of Salzburg, which borders Germany.
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A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Austria for his alleged involvement in an attempt to blackmail a German baby food manufacturer.
https://p.dw.com/p/5DAm UThe blackmailer reportedly demanded €2 million from German baby food producer Hi PPImage: image BROKER/IMAGOAdvertisement Austrian police detained a 39-year-old man in connection with an attempted blackmail case in which rat poison was placed in jars of baby food produced by the German brand Hi PP, a spokeswoman for the Public Prosecutor's Office in Eisenstadt told Germany's DPA news agency on Saturday.
The APA news agency cited police as saying that the suspect was arrested in Burgenland, a state in southern Austria.