Incident Summary:

11/16/1998: The group Robin Food reportedly poisoned Nestle food products with incecticides in Germany. No injuries were reported in the incident.

GTD ID:
199811160004

When:
1998-11-16

Country:
Germany

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Unknown

City:
Unknown

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unarmed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Food or Water Supply
Name of Entity Nestle Food
Specific Description Consumers of Nestle food products.
Nationality of Target Germany
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Chemical
Weapon Details
Incecticide
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Robin Food No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Blackmailers say they have poisoned more Nestle products," Agence France Presse, December 16, 1998l.
"Nestle withdraws products in Germany after further poisoning threats," AFX News, December 16, 1998.
“German Couple Go in Trial on Nestle Extortion Charges,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, June 20, 2000.