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.

Police entered the home owned by the boy’s parents early Thursday morning due to suspected violations of Germany’s Weapons of War Act and secured “all toxic substances and other evidence,” the Saxony State Criminal Police Office said in a statement to media.

The teen is accused of producing ricin in the attic of his parents’ home in Zeithain, which is in eastern Saxony, and mixing it with aconitine to produce several vials of a potentially deadly biological warfare agent, Deutsche Welle reported.

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