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Rat poison in baby foodSuspected Hipp blackmailer has been caught
A man was arrested after the blackmail (symbolic image).
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Is HE behind all this?
Police have arrested a suspect after finding rat poison in baby food. What is known so far.
Hipp is very relieved after the success of the investigation
Austrian investigators have arrested a suspect in the blackmail attempt against the baby food manufacturer Hipp. It is a 39-year-old man, as a spokeswoman for the Eisenstadt public prosecutor announced. The suspect was arrested in Austria, according to the public prosecutor's office.
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RTL also confirmed this information. Investigators are currently not revealing any further details about the identity of the suspected man. For investigative reasons, as they say. The investigation is ongoing. The 39-year-old is currently being interrogated, according to the police in the state of Burgenland, who arrested the man with the support of the Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office.
The Hipp company responded to RTL's request: “According to the responsible investigative authorities, a suspected man was arrested. Hipp is very relieved about this important step in the investigation and thanks the authorities involved for their dedicated work.”
In three countries! Five Hipp jars of rat poison found
An unknown person tried to blackmail the German baby food manufacturer with rat poison in baby food. According to police, a total of five manipulated baby food jars containing rat poison were discovered in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
A blackmailer contaminated Hipp jars of “carrots with potatoes” with rat poison (symbolic image).
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In a 190-gram jar of “carrots with potatoes” seized in Austria, investigators found a total of 15 micrograms of rat poison – what type of poison was has not yet been revealed. A search was recently carried out for a second possibly poisoned glass in Austria. According to the company in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm in Upper Bavaria, the German range was not affected.
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This is not the first time baby food has been targeted by blackmailers
“Hipp is a victim of blackmail,” the company in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm in Upper Bavaria announced on April 20th. The company wrote on its homepage: “As soon as we became aware of it, we immediately informed the responsible police and authorities and set up an internal crisis team.”
Well-known companies have been the target of extortion attempts with poisoned food several times in the past. Not for the first time, baby food was the target. (with dpa)
Sources used: own RTL research, DPA
