Suspect held in nursery poisoning case

The owner of a nursery school has been detained on suspicion that he added rat poison to lunches at a rival pre-school in south-eastern China, which put 70 young children and two teachers in hospital, police said today.

A 30-year-old man was detained by police yesterday at his home near Huangpo, a town in Guangdong province where the students and teachers fell ill on Monday, said a police officer in the nearby city of Zhanjiang.