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A 10-year-old girl went under in the Elbe River in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday afternoon right in front of her parents. Rescue teams were continuing to search for the child in the evening with a large-scale operation. “We are not giving up hope,” a fire brigade spokesman told dpa. He said the search was expected to continue until around 8 pm (1800 GMT). A rescue helicopter was circling over the river. “This is a particularly terrible operation for us,” he said. The girl’s parents were being supported by emergency counsellors. Police were alerted shortly before 4 pm. They we…

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