Pictured: British girl, nine, who died of 'allergic reaction'

Pictured: British girl, nine, who died of 'allergic reaction' after eating ice cream while on holiday in Spain as her grieving family claim they were told the dessert did not contain nuts

• Habiba Chishti was on a half-term holiday in the Costa del Sol with her family
• She went into suspected anaphylactic shock and died after eating ice cream
• Her family said today they had been told the ice cream was nut free
• This is the nine-year-old girl who died on a family holiday in Spain after eating an ice cream which her family say they were told did not contain nuts. 
  Habiba Chishti suffered a suspected allergic reaction and passed away just hours after arriving on the Costa del Sol for a half term holiday with her dentist father Dr Wajid Azam Chishti, mother Nadia and two siblings. 
  The family bought ice cream from a local shop before Habiba collapsed back at the hotel.
  Her father was very protective over his daughter, family members said, and asked specifically if the treat contained any nuts. He was assured it did not, it was claimed.
  Well-wishers in Halifax, West Yorkshire, paid tribute to the youngster on social media and have spoken of their shock at the death.
  The youngster, believed to attend a private school in the city, died on Monday at a hospital in Malaga, two days after being rushed from her holiday resort in an ambulance when she went into suspected anaphylactic shock.
  Her family were flying back home to Halifax, West Yorks, yesterday with Habiba's body, on the same day relatives and friends said prayers at their local Jamia Mosque Madni. A cousin of Habiba said: 'Habiba had a nut allergy, but she was fine with dairy products and ice cream.
  'We are still not sure her eating the ice cream was the cause of her death, and we are not sure if she ate all the ice cream anyway.'
  Her uncle Zafar Chishti, 49, said: 'It is all very sad and we can't understand what has happened.'
  

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  Miramar Shopping centre in Fuengirola - believed to be where Habiba bought the ice cream before she fell ill and died
  Dr Chishti runs Wajid Azam & Associates, in Halifax. His sister Rasheeda Azam is also a dentist at the practice.
  Another uncle said: 'Habiba knew about the nut allergy and was very careful. Her dad was on top of it and this has never happened before.
  'They had asked the ice cream place whether they had any nuts and they had been told not.'