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Poison champagne in Weiden: "People looked like they were having an epileptic seizure" - man dies in the bar

2022-02-15T12:57:25.157Z


Poison champagne in Weiden: "People looked like they were having an epileptic seizure" - man dies in the bar Created: 02/15/2022, 1:45 p.m By: Katarina Amtmann, Klaus-Maria Mehr In this restaurant in Weiden, several guests drank from a poisoned champagne bottle. A man died. © Armin Weigel/dpa A 52-year-old dies at a celebration in Weiden after tasting a magnum of champagne. The liquid was lace


Poison champagne in Weiden: "People looked like they were having an epileptic seizure" - man dies in the bar

Created: 02/15/2022, 1:45 p.m

By: Katarina Amtmann, Klaus-Maria Mehr

In this restaurant in Weiden, several guests drank from a poisoned champagne bottle.

A man died.

© Armin Weigel/dpa

A 52-year-old dies at a celebration in Weiden after tasting a magnum of champagne.

The liquid was laced with ecstasy.

A witness tells of terrible scenes.

  • Poison death after champagne in Weiden

    : At a celebration in a bar, a 52-year-old from the Schwandorf district died after tasting a magnum champagne bottle.

  • Champagne was pink - and interspersed with ecstasy:

    according to media reports, the champagne was pink in color.

    This could indicate that a large amount of MDMA (party drug ecstasy) was dissolved in the liquid.

    The laboratory results have since confirmed this suspicion.

  • Restaurant lessor

    Harald Rippl reports on dramatic scenes at night.

Update from February 14, 4:45 p.m .:

In the case of a champagne bottle poisoned with ecstasy, two of the victims were able to leave the clinic on Monday, said the senior public prosecutor Schäfer.

By noon, some of the injured had already been questioned as witnesses.

Further surveys are pending.

The focus of the investigators is on the origin of the champagne bottle.

"The sales channel is carefully examined," said Schäfer.

It will be checked whether or where or by whom the bottle was manipulated.

It is quite possible to open a bottle, fill in the drugs and close the bottle again in such a way that it is not noticeable.

According to Schäfer, the manufacturer has not yet been contacted.

Poisoned champagne bottle in Weiden: guests immediately complained about the taste of champagne

The guests in the restaurant are said to have immediately complained about the taste of the champagne.

"It was probably conspicuous, not to say horrible," says Schäfer.

The ecstasy contained in the bottle was highly concentrated.

Even a small amount was enough to cause physical reactions.

According to information from the German Press Agency, the investigators are currently not assuming that one of the guests poured the drug into the bottle.

One participant from the group also filmed the opening of the bottle.

The group is said to have been regular guests - the landlady also clinked glasses.

According to a police spokesman, the restaurant will remain closed for the time being.

The body of the dead man was autopsied, the investigators assumed drug poisoning as the cause.

The mayor of Weiden, Jens Meyer (SPD), spoke on Monday of a "deeply sad day".

The impression of the police work on site moved him deeply.

"I am affected and stunned." He expressed his condolences to the relatives of the dead man and wished the injured a speedy and full recovery.

"Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you," he wrote to the victims.

Poison champagne in Weiden: Restaurant landlord reports shock scenes at night

3:11 p.m .:

The lessor of the restaurant

, Harald Rippl, in which the drama took place, is currently speaking at the BR.

He reports a large contingent of emergency services at night.

Originally, the emergency services assumed a gas leak.

When the people were carried out by the rescue service, terrible scenes would have played out.

"People looked like they were having an epileptic fit.

They were foaming at the mouth.

Two women screamed extremely, so you heard it two houses down.” The big question remains: Are there more bottles in circulation.

Police officers in front of a bar in Weiden.

After visiting a restaurant, a 52-year-old may have died of poisoning.

© Armin Weigel/dpa

2:28 p.m .:

The substance ecstasy has now also been confirmed.

The drug ecstasy was found in a bottle of champagne - and in fact "in a significant concentration", as the senior public prosecutor Gerd Schäfer said on Monday.

Poison death after enjoying champagne in Weiden: man lies dead on the ground

Update from February 14, 10:50 a.m .:

Poisoned champagne is said to have led to the death of a man in a restaurant in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate.

"It had a toxic, poisonous effect," said senior public prosecutor Gerd Schäfer on Monday.

"There were things in it that don't actually occur in champagne." The toxicological tests have been completed.

"There are already results."

It is still unclear whether these will be published on Monday.

Schäfer did not want to confirm the report in the

Bild

newspaper, according to which the champagne could have been mixed with the drug ecstasy.

According to him, there is a suspicion of negligent homicide.

Detected in all directions.

"There are suspicions." Schäfer initially did not want to give any details – not even whether someone was already listed as an accused.

Poison in champagne?

An autopsy of the victim could still be ordered on Monday

According to previous knowledge, several guests between the ages of 33 and 52 shared a drink late on Saturday evening.

Soon after, all symptoms of poisoning became noticeable, as the investigators announced on Sunday.

Eight of those affected were taken to a hospital, and a 52-year-old from the Schwandorf district died on Sunday night.

According to the police, one victim has now been able to leave the clinic.

A police spokesman said the autopsy could be ordered as early as Monday.

A special commission called "Market" has taken over the investigation.

On Monday, among other things, other witnesses should be questioned.

First report from February 14th:

Weiden – A 52-year-old died in Weiden in der Oberpfalz* after consuming a drink in a restaurant.* Several other people showed symptoms of poisoning.

As the

picture

wants to know, it is a 3-liter champagne bottle that is said to have been mixed with the party drug ecstasy.

Man dies when visiting a restaurant in Weiden: Ecstasy in champagne?

As the

image

claims to have learned from police circles, an analysis showed that there was a large amount of MDMA, i.e. ecstasy, in the champagne.

But how did the drug get into the drink?

The bottle is said to have been bought just one day before the accident.

According to the newspaper, the current most likely theory is that drug smugglers or dealers stored the drugs in the bottle in order to possibly filter them out again later.

Ecstasy is also called “pink champagne” because of the colour.

This fits with witness reports: They said that the drink was not transparent, but pale purple.

But police have yet to confirm reports that the bottle was laced with the drug.

The autopsy of the fatality on Monday could bring clarity.

"I don't think we can definitely name the contents of the bottle today," said the spokesman.

The investigations into this are currently ongoing.

A special commission called "Market" has taken over the investigation.

Among other things, witnesses should be questioned on Monday. 

(came with dpa) *Merkur.de/bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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