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GERMAN POLICE HAVE announced the arrest of a 55-year-old man “strongly suspected” of poisoning baby food and threatening to contaminate other products in stores nationwide and across Europe.
The man was detained by officers near Tubingen, south of Stuttgart, following information received from the public. A press conference will be held later today.
On Thursday police had alerted the public to the risk of food being poisoned, saying a blackmailer was demanding millions of euro in cash.
Authorities released surveillance footage of the suspect, then described as being aged around 50 and who was wearing glasses and a white cap, which ultimately led to the arrest.
To press the demand, the blackmailer had poisoned five baby food products and last week alerted police to the store they were placed in, in the southern city of Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance.
The food – which had been laced with ethylene glycol, a chemical found in anti-freeze and brake fluid – was successfully removed.
But it prompted the nationwide appeal for information on the suspect and a warning about further food tampering.
Through the video surveillance of the stores where the baby jars were identified, police were able to obtain images clearly showing the face of the 55-year-old man, who has not been named.
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Well done Declan great to see the people making the decisions,just goes to show that there is no leadership at the moment this is going to change the whole world when we come out of this ,it also shows that we need to come a hell of a lot closer together ,
Stay safe and hopefully ye will be back sooner rather than later
Regards
It was an attempt at a culling of the most vulnerable.
@Jim Buckley Barrett: Kinda a conservative blue shirt culling …
@Willy Mc Entire: you’d know a lot about culling.
@Willy Mc Entire:
Ní ceapaim Willy.
@Willy Mc Entire: grow up.
I’m afraid the brits were never good at taking orders/advise.
You’d have to wonder was there an element of “fcuk you we are doing our own thing” as a show of defiance stemming from there new found “independence”
@Coco86: the Brexit project was going to cost dear anyway but the prospect of the economic fallout from Coronavirus measures on top was too much to bear for the crusaders. Economics drove their response alright. Their response will cost lives.
@Gerry Ryan deG: Unfortunately that seems to be the case alright
@Coco86: I got the impression that The UK was shadowing the USA response,.
Trumps approach was that it was ‘under control’ etc it’s only when the Americans started to Act, Johnson seemed to change tactic.
Incidentally, Johnson in my opinion is using this Scientist James Witty as his advisor, he worked on the Ebola outbreak a few years ago, I get the impression the approach is more economical, , the ‘herd immunity’ was Whittys advice…
It’s a f#ck up..
England will pay a huge price in human life for Johnson’s dithering. Already the death rate there is far higher than Wales, Scotland or the island of Ireland. I saw a man called John Glen, who works for the Chancellor, answering ( or trying to) answer questions in the parliament yesterday. It was cringe- inducing stuff.
It’s worrying that I’m order to do the right thing you have to rebel against the leadership. Perhaps if England didn’t make up most of the UK they wouldn’t be Englanding themselves off a cliffs edge
When this is all over, as it will be, a serious conversation and reflection needed, as to how the UK managed to recklessly endanger the citizens of our Republic and its own. On this issue, the Executive in Stormont not fit for purpose.
Everything this man said made sense.
The blitz spirit invoked by the Brexiteers sees pensioners struggling to get basics as supermarkets stripped bare.
Elect bumbling populists and this is the result.
@DJ François: “struggling to get basics”… Oh please enough of the sensationalism.
@Alan Currie: my sister is in London, spent the entire day two days ago looking for food, no veg, no fruit anywhere, queued for 4 hrs yesterday morning from 5am in the rain to get some shopping. No rice or dried goods to be found. If shes struggling to get basics and she inst a pensioner then what are pensioners having to do in your non-sensationalist opinion?
@Alan Currie: Have you seen the ques outside Tesco’s in the UK from before opening?
Capitalism facilitated the virus.
Socialism will facilitate the response and recovery.
@John: And the long lasting social and financial control that will be pushed on to the population???
@John: communism is at the root of this if chairman Mao hadn’t starved 60 million people the Chinese wouldn’t have turned to eating wildlife such as bat’s which are know to pass on viruses like we’ve seen here.
@John: actually communism is a the root of this. if Mao hadn’t starved his population they wouldn’t have had to turn to eating wildlife such as bat’s for food for long enough that it became the norm. Also the Chinese government has a case to answer for allowing wet markets to continue.
Vladamir Putin was dead right about the UK when he said they are a supercillious country
Great Article
Johnson always had that just out of bed look about him. He has the boris virus and it is costing the uk dearly. Stay safe everyone
Cheers Declan.
@Mike McGann: great article
Bozo really messed up here! What a Pratt
Obviously driven by Economic reasons rather than Health concerns. Brexit has left Britain exposed with little or no friends in Europe after Boris Johnson decided to change the terms of separation again. It’s almost like they now need to “Cull” an entire section of older dependant pensioners who are costing the state money and may end up overwhelmingly the NHS if they fall ill.
Every other EU country has tried to follow the WHO guidelines on containment, but BoJo knows better.
Even though every health authority in existence has called for systematic shutdown and separation.
Nothing to see here folks, keep your heads down and your mouths shut, England needs “worker bees” to keep the wheels turning, remember the Blitz, we shall prevail.
Watch this space folks …..
Well said, Declan. Concise, erudite and straight to the point…..(unlike some of the nonsensical comments printed here…..)
Brexit put that ‘jurisdiction’ on life support….Little England’s arrogant folly coupled with Bojo’s ‘science’…and the consequences of that policy imposed on the North…just unplugged it.
Boris is marching them to the gallows .
With Arnold grinning over his shoulder .
Two obnoxious individuals .
Wow well written Declan. And good for you.. Making good decisions to protect, your pupils, staff and the wider community. Boris Johnson”s lack of leadership in this crisis is appalling!! Thankfully the Irish government has taken the bull by the horns and made some excellent decisions to safeguard the population of the Republic. It looks like Northern Ireland has been left out on a limb.. Which obviously has an affect on us here in the South with people crossing the border with no checks nor restrictions in place.
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