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Let 𝔾 be a locally compact non-compact metric group. Assuming that 𝔾 is abelian we construct symmetric aperiodic random walks on 𝔾 with probabilities $n ↦ ℙ(S_{2n} ∈ V)$ of return to any neighborhood V of the neutral element decaying at infinity almost as fast as the exponential function n ↦ exp(-n). We also show that for some discrete groups 𝔾, the decay of the function $n ↦ ℙ(S_{2n} ∈ V)$ can be made as slow as possible by choosing appropriate aperiodic random walks Sₙ on 𝔾.