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A nine-year-old fainted in Saxony-Anhalt after allegedly eating an initially unidentified object from a stranger.
A 50-year-old stranger is said to have given the girl a "red ball" on Monday in Aschersleben and forced the child to eat it, as the police announced on Tuesday.
After that, the girl vomited and temporarily lost consciousness.
Rescue workers took it to a hospital for examination and subsequent observation.
It was initially unclear what the red ball was.
In the plastic bag from which the man is said to have taken the red ball, there should have been other such balls.
The police started a manhunt for the unknown man.
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In addition to the search for the suspect, for which the police had a phantom picture made, the investigators wanted to question the girl again on Tuesday about the incident.
The police are investigating suspicions of coercion and serious bodily harm.