Laos, backpacker hostel and methanol poisoning

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.
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 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.
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.
Factory believed to be the source of Laos methanol poisonings shut down by local authorities after six tourists die
A small factory outside the capital of Laos has been identified as the suspected source of a methanol poisoning event which resulted in the deaths of six tourists last month.
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
Eight hostel staff arrested over Laos poison deaths after workers ‘refused to call ambulance & massaged victim’s feet’
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
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 poisonings: 'Source uncovered' as vodka factory shut down
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Laos hostel worker started 'massaging' poisoning victim's feet after she had seizure
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