Victoria police are investigating after a three-year-old child was pricked by a syringe on Monday afternoon.
Police say it happened in the 900-block of Pandora Avenue.
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Officers say the parents found their child crying and then found the uncapped needle.
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The child was taken to hospital suffering non-life threatening injuries.