In Burgenland, they arrested a man suspected of blackmailing the HiPP company and poisoning infant formula. Poisoned cups were also found in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Police in the Austrian federal state of Burgenland arrested a 39-year-old man on Saturday morning as a suspect in the case of extortion and poisoning of HiPP brand infant formula. TASR informs about this according to the reports of the APA and DPA agencies.
In April, in Burgenland, bordering Slovakia, they seized a cup of HiPP baby formula with carrot and potato flavor, which contained rat poison. According to the police, a total of five jars of poisoned baby formula were discovered. They were also found in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The investigation began after a threatening email addressed to HiPP was published. In it, the extortionist demanded money, allegedly already at the end of March. The baby food manufacturer himself later confirmed that he had become a victim of blackmail. Austrian prosecutors said at the end of April that they had discovered 15 micrograms of an unspecified rat poison in a contaminated glass. However, she emphasized that this amount was discovered in a cup found in Austria and may differ from those in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
