Cyanide

Andre de Ruyter, chief executive of state-owned power utility Eskom, speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg. Outgoing Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter has ...

“After drinking a cup of coffee in his office he suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented, vomiting and shaking uncontrollably De Ruyter fell on the floor paralysed. According to a report by Chris Yelland, an energy analyst, publisher and journalist, De Ruyter was attended by doctors after drinking a cup of coffee at his office in Megawatt Park in Sandton on December 13. [Andre De Ruyter](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eskom-announces-andre-de-ruyter-as-new-gceo/) has confirmed that there was an attempt on his life following [ his ](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-calls-it-quits/) [resignation in December last year](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-calls-it-quits/).

André de Ruyter, who stepped down from utility firm Eskom, drank coffee suspected to be laced with poison.

Tests taken subsequently confirmed massively elevated levels of cyanide in his body.” It reported that De Ruyter drank a cup of coffee suspected to be laced with cyanide. He subsequently collapsed, unable to walk,” EEBI said.

Within hours of outgoing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter's submission of his resignation last month, someone tried to poison him with cyanide.

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A month after members of far-right group accused of preparing violent overthrow of state were arrested comes an arrest related to cyanide and ricin; ...

Costa Rican authorities seized eight tons of cyanide in the north of the country, near the border with Nicaragua, in a “historic” seizure, according to the ...

Exposure to cyanide can cause serious health consequences and even death, according to scientific and medical sources. [gold mining](https://ticotimes.net/2020/08/21/costa-rican-police-launch-massive-operation-against-illegal-gold-mining-at-crucitas) in Costa Rica takes place in the northern area of Crucitas, near the border with Nicaragua, where the Canadian mining company Infinito Gold intended to develop a gold mining project, but was blocked by the courts due to the environmental impact it would cause. Costa Rican authorities seized eight tons of cyanide in the north of the country, near the border with Nicaragua, in a “historic” seizure, according to the Ministry of Public Security on Friday.

A 32-year-old Iranian citizen is suspected of having procured deadly poisons to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack in the western city of Castrop-Rauxel, ...

"The suspect is suspected of having prepared a serious act of violence endangering the state by allegedly procuring cyanide and ricin to commit an Islamist-motivated attack," the statement said. The residence of the suspect in the western city of Castrop-Rauxel was searched as part of the investigation, according to a joint press release from the Duesseldorf public prosecutor's office and police in the cities of Recklinghausen and Muenster. German police have arrested a 32-year-old Iranian citizen suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, authorities have said.

Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter has survived a murder attempt at his office in Megawatt Park, where he drank a cup of coffee laced with cyanide.

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Police detain 32-year-old Iranian man and his brother.

News agency Dpa cited an unnamed German security official saying there was no indication the suspect had acted on behalf of the Iranian state, but rather that he allegedly supported a Sunni extremist group – a religious minority in They were later found guilty and sentenced to 10 and eight years’ imprisonment, respectively. Castrop-Rauxel is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the country’s most populous states.