The 32-year-old student is suspected of having attempted to poison seven people last August at the University of Darmstadt, north of Stuttgart.

The young woman, who suffers from psychiatric disorders, was arrested, German investigators announced on Thursday.

She was committed to a psychiatric establishment "because there is a suspicion that the defendant, who has so far provided no information on the charges against her, is not responsible for her actions because of a mental illness,” the Darmstadt police and prosecutor’s office said in a joint statement.

A student between life and death

Originally from Mainz, the student enrolled in materials science at this university since 2017 is suspected of having introduced harmful substances into food and drinks consumed on campus on August 23, 2021.

Seven people had found themselves with “serious health problems which could go as far as symptoms of poisoning”, recalled the investigators.

At the time of the events, the state of health of a 30-year-old student, between life and death, had been deemed "critical" by the police.

No other information has since been released.

According to the daily

Bild

last August, these victims, students and employees, had all consumed drinks from a vending machine and a kitchen of the Institute of Materials Science in Darmstadt.

"Attempted murder" by poisoning

They had complained afterwards of feeling unwell and had discovered that their arms and legs had taken on a bluish color.

Justice then opened an investigation for “attempted murder” by poisoning.

Since the start of the investigation, the young woman was in the crosshairs of the police who established in particular "on the basis of digital traces" that she had probably entered the night before the facts in the building in question.

The investigations also showed that the student felt persecuted by the university employees who were victims of this poisoning attempt.

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