Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella had his vacation home/hunting lodge burned down on Monday. The "Militant Forces Against Huntingdon Life Science" (...) have claimed responsibility for the arson. A group calling itself MFAH, which may actually stand for Forces Against Huntingdon Life Sciences, has claimed it burned down the house with 60 L of gasoline, however the Austrian police have reported that the fire was electrical but have not ruled out arson.
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A Novartis spokesman has told Dow Jones Newswires that the company has not worked with Huntingdon Life Sciences in years.
This comes just one week after someone dug up Vasella's mother's ashes and spray-painted "Drop HLS Now" on her tombstone. Yesterday, Swiss police said that another Vasella family grave has been vandalized with the same graffitti and two crosses, with Vasella and his wife's names on them, stuck in the ground; police have also reported that "SHAC" was spray painted on the gravesite.
In an email to Reuters SHAC has denied involvement in the attacks. However they also defended them, saying "Isn't it about time we stopped the misery of vivisection?" Swiss government official Juerg Buehler stated, "We still have too little solid evidence," but that SHAC can't be ruled out.
Novartis has reported numerous attacks on employees, growing in frequency within the past few months.
Even if they didn't burn down the house, what douchebags.
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