Halloween in German: sweets or needles and nails This year the holiday in Germany was marked by unpleasant surprises. In Thuringia, metal needles were found in candies, in Bavaria - screws and sharp parts, and in Breiland-Palatinate a nine-year-old boy came across two magnets chewing candy. Similar cases were recorded in North Rhine-Westphalia and neighboring Austria. In Linz, for example, a father discovered centimeter nails in children's treats. Now the police are interested in fans of dangerous "pranks". Several federal states are already investigating attempts to harm health.