Eight hostel workers arrested over poisoned alcohol deaths of six tourists
Laos police have arrested eight people in relation to the mass methanol poisoning which left six tourists dead and ten others seriously ill. The group consumed homemade alcohol in the Vang Vieng, a former farming town that morphed into a backpacker’s party paradise more than 20 years ago,
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
Eight Laos hostel staff arrested after six tourists die in mass 'methanol poisoning'
Several members of staff from a hostel in Laos have reportedly been arrested after six tourists died from a suspected mass poisoning.
With a vacuum of information from police, amateur sleuths home in on backpacker hostel in Laos poisoning case
Weeks on from the first case of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, fellow backpackers investigate the culprit in lieu of information from police.
‘Don’t worry’: Claims Laos hostel staff brushed dying backpacker off
A grieving backpacker has taken it upon himself to try and uncover the truth about a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng that has killed at least six people.
Laos hostel owner detained in methanol-tainted alcohol poisonings that killed six tourists
Employees of a Laotian hostel were detained after an American tourist and five others died from suspected methanol poisoning following a night of drinking tainted booze. The owner and manager of
Deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian backpacker town
Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe poisoning or death. It is also a byproduct of poorly distilled homebrew liquor, and could have found its way into bar drinks inadvertently.
Hostel at centre of 'mass methanol poisoning' offered free shots in exchange for good reviews, backpacker claims
A backpacker who stayed at the hostel at the centre of a "mass methanol poisoning" incident in Laos has claimed the venue would give out free shots in exchange for good reviews.
Laos poisoning: New claims emerge of free vodka as Nana Backpackers hostel operators detained
A British backpacker who drank at the same Laos hostel as Australian victims Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones has revealed she became severely sick two days before the Australian teenagers were hospitalised.
I went BLIND after drinking ‘methanol-laced booze’ in Laos death hostel just days before 6 died, says Brit backpacker
A BRIT backpacker who drank two shots of alcohol at a hostel in Laos has told how she went blind after consuming the suspected methanol-tainted booze. The unnamed tourist was given “free
Three more tourists named in Laos methanol deaths
The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.
Eight hostel workers arrested after six tourists died from ‘methanol poisoning’ while on holiday
Eight workers at a hostel in Laos have been arrested after six tourists died from suspected 'methanol poisoning'.
Eight detained by police over Laos backpacker deaths: local media
Those detained include management and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel, where two Australian teenagers stayed before dying ...
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Danish girls vomited blood for 13 hours before they were found dead in Nana Backpacker Hostel
The two Danish travelers, Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sørensen, 21, died after suffering severe ...