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3-year-old scratches hand after finding bag of syringes at Toronto school: police

Toronto police are investigating after a bag of syringes was found at Charles G. Fraser Public School Saturday evening. Global News

TORONTO – Police are investigating after a toddler found a bag of syringes while playing on the grounds of a Toronto school.

Officers were called to Charles G. Fraser Public School on Manning Avenue, west of Bathurst Street and north of Queen Street West. They say the three-year-old boy scratched his hand in the incident on Saturday evening.

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Investigators are trying to determine what was in the syringe.

READ MORE: ‘Quick-thinking’ mom saves 15-month-old after he ingests Valium pill at Toronto park

A similar incident happened earlier this year when a 15-month-old child found prescription pills in a park.

The child did not ingest any of the pills but the mother of the child had to take a pill out of the its mouth.

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With a file from Nick Westoll

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