German police raid home of teenage boy suspected of making highly toxic warfare agent

German police raid home of teenage boy suspected of making highly toxic warfare agent

Police in Germany have raided the home of a teenage boy suspected of making and storing ricin, a highly toxic and deadly biological warfare agent.

Zeithain (Saxony) – On the farm of his parents a 16-year-old is said to have hoarded large amounts of the deadly poison castin.

German police raid home of teen accused of producing a ricin-based toxin

German law enforcement raided the home of a 16-year-old boy whom they accuse of producing and storing a ricin-based biological warfare agent.

Procuratorate and criminal police investigate a 16-year-old in the Saxon timeline because of the suspicion of a violation of the War Weapons Control Act.

A youth from Saxony is suspected of working with the explosive castor and of producing a poison. During a raid, the police found a laboratory in his home.

Germany: Teen's home searched over suspected ricin plot

A teenager in eastern Germany is accused of producing the deadly biological warfare agent ricin in his family's attic. Police said the suspect remains at large.