No one likes airport security, especially in Europe.

You have to arrive two hours early, remove various articles of clothing, and sometimes, you even have to do it multiple times.

Some experiences though, are worse than others.

Take Gayathiri Bose, for instance.

According to the BBC, the Singaporean mother was stopped by German airport security officers on her way to Paris last Thursday, Jan. 26.

The 33-year-old woman was travelling alone.

It turned out that the cause of suspicion was a breast pump.

This is what it probably looked like.

When she informed them that the device she was carrying was used for breastfeeding purposes, the officers did not buy the story.

Because her baby wasn't there with her at that exact moment.

Questioning

Bose was then led to a room by a female officer after her passport was taken from her. The mother of two was asked to prove she was lactating.

This involved asking her to show the officer her breast.

The duration of the questioning lasted about 45 minutes, according to the mother.

She was subsequently released, but not before she squeezed her own breast to demonstrate she is capable of using the breast pump.

Traumatised

The incident caused Bose to break down and cry outside the room.

On hindsight, she said she complied because she was in shock and was following through the motions.

The BBC quoted her as saying:

"It was only when I came out of the room that I began to slowly understand what had just happened. I just started to cry, I was terribly upset."

The German officials eventually cleared her breast pump, returned her passport, and she was able to get on her flight.

Bose said she is exploring formal legal action.

A spokesman for the German federal police unit at Frankfurt Airport told the BBC that he could not comment on the incident.

H/T BBC

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