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Sonneberg (dpa / th) - A three-year-old child escaped unnoticed from his parents' apartment in Sonneberg and almost triggered a large-scale police operation.

Two girls at the age of 15 prevented the operation because they found the runaway a few streets away from the apartment at the train station on Tuesday afternoon and brought him to the police, the authorities announced on Wednesday.

Shortly before, the police had started a manhunt.

The child was handed over to the visibly relieved mother and siblings.

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