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A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand spent days in the hospital after swallowing as many as 100 magnets

He claimed to have purchased them online on Temu

Temu has not yet confirmed whether or not the items came from their company

A 13-year-old boy was hospitalized in New Zealand after swallowing up to 100 magnets that he purchased online.

The child, whose name was not publicly disclosed, was admitted to a hospital four days after he began experiencing abdominal pain, according to a report published in the New Zealand Medical Journal on Friday, Oct. 24.

He reportedly ingested the magnets one week prior.

Researchers said an X-ray was taken and showed “four linear chains of magnets” linked together, composed of what the boy indicated was “approximately 80–100 5x2mm high-pow

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