Dead after visiting a restaurant – poisoned champagne?

Weiden in the Upper Palatinate. After visiting a restaurant in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, a 52-year-old may have died of poisoning. Seven other people were injured, some seriously, police said on Sunday. According to initial findings, the guests had shared a bottle of champagne. Soon after, however, symptoms of poisoning became noticeable in all of them. The guests came to the hospital, the 52-year-old from the Schwandorf district died on Sunday night. The others were not in mortal danger, police said. “We are not aware that anyone else has died,” a police spokesman said on Monday.

The police initially did not want to say which drink it was for reasons of investigation tactics. However, a post posted on the restaurant’s Facebook channel on Sunday spoke of a bottle of champagne. The criminal police took over the investigation, and a special “market” commission was set up. There is a suspicion of negligent homicide, a police spokeswoman told Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). Do not assume intent and investigate in all directions. In addition, no specific person is currently listed as a suspect, the BR report said.

The restaurant is located in downtown Weiden. When police and rescue workers arrived, some of the guests, aged between 33 and 52, were lying on the ground. The police are now looking for witnesses who saw what happened.

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