Austrian police arrest man over poisoned baby food case - Reuters
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""Today we succeeded in arresting a suspect, 39-year-old man.""
— unknown suspect , Other
"an email was sent to HiPP in March demanding €2 million within six days, but the company did not notice it until two weeks after that deadline."
— HiPP , Executive
"greatly relieved by the arrest, and would provide a further updates as verified details come in."
— HiPP , Executive
"However, for tactical investigative reasons, we cannot provide any information about the further steps of the investigation."
— Helmut Marban , Other
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Spokesperson for the Burgenland Provincial Police Directorate.
HiPP is a baby food brand known for its products targeting infants.
A South Korean influencer involved in a controversial incident during a World Cup match.
A 39-year-old man arrested in connection with a poisoning case involving baby food.
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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. Austrian police detained the suspect in connection with an attempted blackmail case in which rat poison was placed in jars of baby food produced by the German brand HiPP.
A man has been arrested in Austria over the discovery of rat poison in a popular brand of baby food, according to police. The arrest comes after the Swiss company HiPP last month issued a partial recall of its products after authorities found rat poison and an unspecified 'toxic additive' in jars of baby food sold in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Austrian police arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with an extortion attempt involving rat poison in baby food jars produced by German brand HiPP. Five contaminated jars were recovered in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia; a sixth jar remains unaccounted for.
Austrian police arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with an extortion attempt involving rat poison in baby food jars produced by German brand HiPP. Five contaminated jars were recovered in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia; a sixth jar remains unaccounted for.
Austrian police arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with an extortion attempt involving rat poison in baby food jars produced by German brand HiPP. Five contaminated jars were recovered in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia; a sixth jar remains unaccounted for.
Austrian police arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with an extortion attempt involving rat poison in baby food jars produced by German brand HiPP. Five contaminated jars were recovered in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia; a sixth jar remains unaccounted for.
Austrian police arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with an extortion attempt involving rat poison in baby food jars produced by German brand HiPP. Five contaminated jars were recovered in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia; a sixth jar remains unaccounted for.
Austrian police have 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.
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Austria after rat poison was discovered in HiPP baby food jars in supermarkets across central Europe. The incident was uncovered when a customer in Eisenstadt, Austria, reported a tampered jar on April 18. This triggered an investigation by the Burgenland State Criminal Police, with the public prosecutor's office launching a probe into suspected 'intentional endangerment of the public.'
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