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Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers
Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.
Hostel staff detained after 6 tourists' deaths linked to suspected alcohol poisoning in Laos
Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported Tuesday. Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians died following what media said was a night out in the town on November 12.
Reviews Warning Tourists About Potential Methanol Poisoning At Laos Hostel Are Reportedly Being Deleted
Amongst the tourists who tragically lost their lives were American traveller James Louis Hutson, 57, 28-year-old British woman Simone White and two Danish travellers Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21.
Eight hostel staff detained in Laos over suspected methanol poisoning deaths
Staff from a backpacker hostel have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning after a night out.View on euronews
American Tourist Killed in Laos Hostel Poisoning Is Identified
Authorities have named the American tourist who was one of five people to die of suspected methanol poisoning at a hostel in Laos. The victim is 57-year-old James Louis Hutson, the BBC reported, citing Laotian authorities.
Eight hostel staff arrested in Laos after tourists die in suspected methanol poisoning
Six people have died, including Simone White from Kent, after falling ill in the town of Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers.
Laos reportedly bans alcohol brand after 6 tourists die from suspected methanol poisoning
Laos has banned the sale and consumption of a local alcohol brand following the death of six foreign tourists due to alleged methanol poisoning.
Laos police arrest three more hostel staff despite government document pointing to factory as source of methanol poisoning
A Laos government document obtained by the ABC suggests the source of a methanol poisoning outbreak that killed six tourists is a rundown factory outside of Vientiane that was making vodka and whisky.
Methanol-Contaminated Alcohol Claims 6 Lives At Hostel In Laos; 2 Indians Among 12 Arrested
Laos: The law enforcement agencies in Laos have arrested 12 persons, including two Indians after methanol-contaminated ...
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New developments in Laos: Three more arrested following methanol poisoning incident
Three more people allegedly linked to the Laos methanol poisonings that killed two Danish tourists were arrested.
Major development in Laos poisoning deaths case as alcohol factory owner arrested
Police in Laos have reportedly arrested the owner of a factory which reportedly supplied the poisoned alcohol that claimed ...
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Two Indians arrested in Laos over toxic alcohol that killed 6 tourists
Police in Laos arrested 12 people, including two Indian men, after six foreign tourists died from consuming ...
Our son died after staying in SAME Laos hostel at centre of methanol poison tragedy – we fear he drank same toxic booze
THE parents of a British teenager found dead at a Laos hostel where six tourists died after drinking “methanol-laced shots” ...
Laos hostel worker started 'massaging' poisoning victim's feet after she had seizure
Six tourists, including a British woman, have died following a suspected methanol poisoning at the Nana Backpackers Hostel, ...
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Whiskey and vodka factory in Laos shut down after methanol poisoning allegations
It comes after six tourists have died in the country, including a 57-year-old American man, after suspected methanol ...
Laos cops shutdown vodka factory feared to be ‘source of bad batch’ that killed 6 backpackers including Brit lawyer
A VODKA and whisky factory believed to be the source of a deadly batch of drinks that killed six backpackers has been closed ...