Staff from a backpacker hostel have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning after a night out. View on euronews

THE parents of a British teenager found dead at a Laos hostel where six tourists died after drinking “methanol-laced shots” fear their son may have been poisoned with dodgy booze. Navy hopeful Lee

Several members of staff from a hostel in Laos have reportedly been arrested after six tourists died from a suspected mass poisoning.

Those detained include management and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel, where two Australian teenagers stayed before dying from suspected methanol poisoning.

HOSTEL staff in Laos have been arrested over the fatal poisonings of six tourists thought to have been offered methanol-laced shots. Eight employees at the Nana Backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng

Police in Laos have arrested eight people over the suspected mass methanol poisoning which killed six foreign tourists in backpacking hotspot Vang Vieng.

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,

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.