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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.
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.
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
Laos hostel staff detained after backpackers' deaths
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 Tuesday.Police have detained the 34-year-old manager of the Nana Backpacker Hostel and seven other employees for interrogation,
Hostel at centre of mass methanol poisoning in Laos deleted reviews warning others away - reports
As some of their number succumbed to methanol poisoning, other guests at the Laotian hostel at the centre of the probe tried to warn others to stay away - and the hostel reportedly deleted their warning.
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.
Tragedy in Laos: Methanol-tainted alcohol kills 6 tourists
Six tourists from Australia, Denmark, the United States, and the United Kingdom died in Laos due to methanol poisoning. In response to these tragic events, the country's authorities banned the sale and consumption of a specific brand of vodka and whiskey.
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Whiskey and vodka factory in Laos shut down after methanol poisoning allegations
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Mother of British lawyer who died in Laos mass methanol poisoning recalls moment she knew her daughter wouldn't survive
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Laos cops shutdown vodka factory feared to be ‘source of bad batch’ that killed 6 backpackers including Brit lawyer
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