Candy with Needles and Nails Found in Several Countries for Halloween. Children Planted Them
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AFTER reports of metal objects in Halloween candy in Germany and Austria, investigations have revealed in some cases that the objects were planted by children themselves.
With nails, needles and other metal parts manipulated naschas kept the police busy for days. Now it turned out: Young people prepared sweets partly themselves – a stupid prank that could be expensive to the evildoers. The track of the investigators leads once again into the depths of the Internet. The creepy series around metal parts manipulated sweets seems to quickly clear up – at least partially – and as expected: Some might have turned their…
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Investigations are ongoing in Germany and Austria into claims of needles and nails being found in Halloween candy. Police believe that in some cases, children have admitted to putting dangerous objects in their own candy, and that the incidents may be a social media trend.
Not all reports have been investigated yet, but in the Austrian and German cases revealed so far, a child's prank was behind the mysterious Halloween threat.
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