By David Brough Arsonists attacked a grain store of U.S. biotech group Monsanto in northern Italy a week after authorities seized seeds suspected of containing banned genetically modified material. The fire has been extinguished. They set fire to soybean and maize seeds.
Police are there now, investigating.
Security services had failed to detect the incident. There is no external damage to the warehouse. Another Monsanto official said the assailants had cut open bags of seeds and committed acts of vandalism. Last week Italian police seized more than 100 tons of Monsanto maize at the Lodi warehouse, which authorities suspect contained banned GM material. Police also seized more than 300 tons of soybean seeds suspected of containing GM material that Monsanto had already distributed to retailers.