Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths
A New Zealander who had fallen ill from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has now returned home, authorities have confirmed. No other details were given about the tourist, who is among several that fell sick or died in recent weeks after consuming what may have been tainted drinks in Laos.
Eight hostel staff arrested over Laos poison deaths after workers ‘refused to call ambulance & massaged victim’s feet’
POLICE have arrested several members of staff from the Laos hostel that has been suspected of handing out methanol laced shots that killed six people. Eight employees at the Nana Backpacker hostel
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Eight workers at a hostel in Laos have been arrested after six tourists died from suspected 'methanol poisoning'.
Those detained include management and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel, where two Australian teenagers stayed before dying ...
Weeks on from the first case of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, fellow backpackers investigate the culprit in lieu of ...
BANGKOK - Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported on ...
The two Danish travelers, Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sørensen, 21, died after suffering severe ...
Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...
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Laos’ tainted alcohol deaths send chill through backpacker paradiseBackpacker hotspot Vang Vieng is in the spotlight following deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.
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