Austrian police detained a 39-year-old man in connection with an attempted blackmail case in which rat poison was placed in jars of baby food produced by the German brand HiPP, a spokeswoman for the Public Prosecutor's Office in Eisenstadt told Germany's DPA news agency on Saturday.

The APA news agency cited police as saying that the suspect was arrested in Burgenland, a state in southern Austria.

Earlier, the Austrian tabloid newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported that the suspect had been arrested in the state of Salzburg, which borders Germany.

The prosecutor's office has confirmed that the suspect has been detained in Austria. His identity has not been disclosed for tactical reasons relating to the ongoing investigation.…