German authorities launched a probe into a string of deaths at a metal fittings company after an employee was caught trying to poison a co-worker's lunch. Police found quicksilver, lead and cadmium in the man's home.
The man was arrested for the incident in the town of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, northwest Germany. However, police now suspect he may be responsible for up to 21 deaths of people working for the same company.
The police detained the 56-year-old suspect in May this year, after one of his co-workers noticed an unknown white powder on his food. The would-be victim alerted his superiors and asked them to review the recordings made by security cameras, which then showed the suspect adding the substance to the co-worker's lunch.
Authorities identified the powder as lead acetate, a highly toxic and nearly tasteless substance that could cause serious organ damage.
On Wednesday, authorities announced they would be expanding their investigation to include the deaths of 21 more employees who have died since 2000. Two other employees are in a coma and another man is on dialysis. Many of the deceased died of cancer or heart attacks, which could be caused by heavy metal poisoning, according to the Germany's public broadcaster WDR.
The suspect has been working for ARI Armaturen for 38 years, manager Blechinger said, describing the man as "conspicuously inconspicuous." The suspect has chosen to remain silent after his arrest.
Lmao whites are such pussies a muslim would have taken care of business witha real weapon
Dominic Adams
All the heavy metals he handled made him stupid
Carson Richardson
He probably was going to do it but thought he was being watched and decided to come back in a moment to mix it…by this time, the guy had come back to eat
Kayden Rogers
I haven't read the article yet but I'm assuming there's going to be doubts over just what motives may have drawn the employee, who's probably named Benshir Ashad al-Assad Menekar to murder his co-workers.
Thomas Wright
Like a truck or a plane?
Juan Morris
time to ban these metals
Thomas Allen
Subcompany of Albert Richter GmbH.
Lucas Anderson
Rapefugee centers in Germany don't take food donations, since all the food is getting paid for by the state.
Caleb Moore
Oh boy SJWs have finally got around to calling HM toxic and – Oh I see, heavy metal like the actual metal, not the GoodAdult Swim prototype magazine.
Michael Reyes
whose to say he hasn't killed a hundred or more people outside of the workplace in random ways
Ryder Davis
Wouldn't the corpses weigh more and seem suspicious…with heavy metals in them?
Carson Russell
...
Caleb Roberts
he's German. Need more reasons?
a van of peace?
anyway, fake muslim detected (capitalization fail, better luck next time)
Elijah Hill
Guess that was… hard to swallow
Xavier Gomez
It's not enough to significantly affect weight. Most of the people affected probably seemed like they were just sick so a homicide investigation was never launched (which would, or at least should have revealed liver damage).
