Sharp objects found in Halloween sweets in three European nations
Dozens of cases are reported in Austria, Germany and Hungary, including a nine-year-old girl hurting her tongue while eating chocolate containing a pin.
Needles and other sharp metal objects have been found in sweets handed out over Halloween in Germany, Austria and Hungary, prompting police to issue warnings to parents to check what their children have been given.
Police in a number of German states have reported cases, from Bavaria in the south-east to Lower Saxony in the north.
A girl aged nine hurt her tongue while eating a chocolate bar in Bremervörde, west of Hamburg. A 5cm-long (2in) pin was then found inside it.
Several cases have also been reported across Austria, where Interior Minister Gerhard Karner condemned the incidents as "cowardly, malicious and in some cases life-threatening".