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French police probe fake Disneyland 'marriage' with nine-year-old

French police were on Sunday probing the circumstances of a bizarre stunt at Disneyland outside of Paris. [AFP]

French police were on Sunday probing the circumstances of a bizarre stunt at Disneyland outside of Paris, with a group of adults suspected of hiring the theme park and paying hundreds of extras to stage a fake marriage for a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl.

Two people were held for questioning in the case, which initially caused alarm when staff alerted police on Saturday that it could have concerned an illegal child marriage.

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