A British schoolgirl has died after eating ice-cream at a Costa del Sol hotel.
The nine-year-old is believed to have gone into anaphylactic shock after suffering a severe allergic reaction.
Malaga-based newspaper Sur said the youngster, on holiday with her family at a hotel in the municipality of Mijas, was allergic to milk and nuts.
The incident happened on Friday, although Sur reported she died on Monday afternoon at Malaga’s Materno Infantil Hospital.
The unnamed child is said to have been rushed first to Costa del Sol Hospital near Marbella before being transferred to the hospital in Malaga in a “critical condition” when her condition worsened.
An autopsy was carried out at Malaga’s Institute of Forensic Medicine yesterday morning.
The results - sent to an investigating judge tasked with heading a probe into the tragedy - have not been made public as is normal in Spain.
Further tests will now take place at the Institute of Toxicology in Seville to confirm whether her death is linked to an allergic reaction to the food she tasted.
The hotel where the girl fell ill has not been named. No-one was available early this morning to comment officially.
News of the tragedy emerged as health chiefs confirmed they were probing the death of a woman who fell ill after eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the east coast Spanish city of Valencia.
The 46-year-old had eaten wild mushrooms with rice during a meal to celebrate her husband’s birthday.
Owner Bernd Knoller has announced the closure of Riff, which has one Michelin star, until it becomes clear if the death was caused by the meal she ate.
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