German E. Coli Probe Targets Luebeck Restaurant, Luebecker Says

Authorities are investigating a restaurant in Luebeck, Germany, as a possible source of cases in the European E. coli outbreak, Luebecker Nachrichten reported, without saying where it got the information.

Seventeen people fell ill in mid-May after eating at the restaurant in the northern coastal city, the newspaper said. Investigators from the Robert Koch Institute and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment arrived in Luebeck yesterday, the newspaper said.