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Spanish police have launched a sexual assault investigation after doctors on Tenerife found a dead turtle inside a British woman's vagina, local media reports.
The unnamed 26-year-old had visited a medical center in Arona, south Tenerife, after suffering pain in her lower abdomen, which doctors diagnosed as an infection caused by the reptile.
The woman told police investigating the matter that she had started to feel odd after partying with a group of British friends a couple of days earlier, according to ABC.
She allegedly said she finally decided to seek medical help on Saturday - but told doctors and police had no idea how the turtle ended up where it did.
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Questions raised: Police on the island of Tenerife, pictured, have launched a sexual assault investigation after the shocking discovery by medical staff at a local hospital (file image)
It is not known when the turtle died, before or after entering the woman's body.
Experts have confirmed that the reptile in question was a freshwater turtle of the type sold as pets, although no further details have been given.
The medical centre the British woman attended has been named as El Mojon in the municipality of Arona in the south of the island.
The facility, above the holiday resort of Los Cristianos, operates as a small hospital and is eventually expected to become the main southern Tenerife state hospital.
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The unnamed British woman visited A&E at El Mojon medical centre, pictured, in the municipality of Arona after suffering pain in her abdomen
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Doctors discovered that her pain was caused by an infection, which in turn had been caused by the dead turtle (stock image)
No-one from the hospital was available for comment yesterday afternoon, although El Dia said health officials had declined to respond to inquiries for data protection reasons.
Police sources in Tenerife confirmed the story was true and officers had been asked to speak to a British woman about the bizarre discovery.
The source said: 'This incident did happen and the reports are true. The woman does not know how the reptile ended up where it did and we don't either.'
Respected national newspapers in Spain have echoed the astonishing story, first reported by papers in Tenerife yesterday.
El Mundo, one of Spain's biggest-selling papers, said using the word tortuga, said: 'A woman is assisted in Tenerife after a dead turtle is found in her vagina.'
Spanish daily ABC reported: 'A woman of British origin went to A&E at El Mojon in Arona, Tenerife, on Saturday because she felt pain in her private parts.
'The duty doctors inspected her and saw that her discomfort was due to the fact that the woman, who lives on the island, had a dead turtle inside her vagina which had caused a serious infection.'
The unnamed 26-year-old had visited a medical center in Arona, south Tenerife, after suffering pain in her lower abdomen, which doctors diagnosed as an infection caused by the reptile.
The woman told police investigating the matter that she had started to feel odd after partying with a group of British friends a couple of days earlier, according to ABC.
She allegedly said she finally decided to seek medical help on Saturday - but told doctors and police had no idea how the turtle ended up where it did.
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Questions raised: Police on the island of Tenerife, pictured, have launched a sexual assault investigation after the shocking discovery by medical staff at a local hospital (file image)
It is not known when the turtle died, before or after entering the woman's body.
Experts have confirmed that the reptile in question was a freshwater turtle of the type sold as pets, although no further details have been given.
The medical centre the British woman attended has been named as El Mojon in the municipality of Arona in the south of the island.
The facility, above the holiday resort of Los Cristianos, operates as a small hospital and is eventually expected to become the main southern Tenerife state hospital.
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The unnamed British woman visited A&E at El Mojon medical centre, pictured, in the municipality of Arona after suffering pain in her abdomen
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Doctors discovered that her pain was caused by an infection, which in turn had been caused by the dead turtle (stock image)
No-one from the hospital was available for comment yesterday afternoon, although El Dia said health officials had declined to respond to inquiries for data protection reasons.
Police sources in Tenerife confirmed the story was true and officers had been asked to speak to a British woman about the bizarre discovery.
The source said: 'This incident did happen and the reports are true. The woman does not know how the reptile ended up where it did and we don't either.'
Respected national newspapers in Spain have echoed the astonishing story, first reported by papers in Tenerife yesterday.
El Mundo, one of Spain's biggest-selling papers, said using the word tortuga, said: 'A woman is assisted in Tenerife after a dead turtle is found in her vagina.'
Spanish daily ABC reported: 'A woman of British origin went to A&E at El Mojon in Arona, Tenerife, on Saturday because she felt pain in her private parts.
'The duty doctors inspected her and saw that her discomfort was due to the fact that the woman, who lives on the island, had a dead turtle inside her vagina which had caused a serious infection.'
