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Surgeons Remove Up To 100 Magnets From N. Zealand Teen's Gut

This undated handout released on October 24, 2025 from the New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) shows an x-ray image of pieces of high-power magnets clumped up in the intestines of a New Zealand teenager in Tauranga (Credit: AFP)

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought on Temu, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday.

After suffering four days of abdominal pain, the unnamed teen was taken to Tauranga Hospital on the North Island.

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