Have any children actually been hurt by the tampered Halloween sweets?

Tampered sweets have turned up in Germany and Austria. In Linz, a father found nails in chocolate bars. In Bremervörde, a nine-year-old girl bit into a chocolate bar with a needle inside.

In Gräfelfing near Munich, a nine-year-old bit into a chewy sweet with a needle. The child spat it out and was unhurt. In Mackenbach, a nine-year-old boy bit into a fruit gum stick with a metal nail and was unhurt. Mackenbach police urge parents to check all sweets, unwrapped ones included, for damaged or unusual packaging.

Trick-or-treating ran on Saturday evening, 31 October. Early roundups said no child had been hurt. Then, on 2 November, police said the Bremervörde girl's tongue was hurt by a needle, and could not say how serious. No nationwide tally exists yet, so how many more sweets are affected is unclear.