Eight Laos hostel staff arrested over poisoning deaths of Brit & 5 other backpackers after drinking ‘methanol shots’
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
Laos methanol poisoning: Chilling details emerge about vodka blamed for deaths of six
Six tourists including British lawyer Simon White, from Kent, tragically died following a mass poisoning at a hostel in Thailand - new details have sparked further questions about the parties at fault
Father of methanol poisoning victim calls for thorough investigation in Laos
The father of Bianca Jones, a 19-year-old Australian who was one of six tourists killed in a methanol poisoning incident in Laos, has urged authorities to conduct a full investigation into the tragedy,
Sixth death confirmed in suspected Laos mass methanol poisoning incident
The death toll from a suspected adulterated alcohol mass poisoning in Laos rose to six Friday after an Australian teen backpacker died in a hospital in Thailand where she had been transferred for treatment.
Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos
An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in the Southeast Asian country.
Laos government pledges justice in mass alcohol poisoning case that has killed 6 tourists
The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging it would bring perpetrators to justice
Laos vows justice after tainted alcohol kills tourists
The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.
6 tourists in Laos have died after drinking tainted alcohol
Tourists from the U.S., Australia, Denmark and the U.K. have died. A tourism police officer said a "number of people" had been detained in the case but that no charges have yet been filed.
Sixth tourist death reported from drinking tainted alcohol in Laos
A second Australian teen is confirmed to have died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, bringing the total number of fatalities to six, including one American. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports on a tragic case linked to a popular backpackers' hostel.
More tourists die after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos as several people detained
The death toll has inched up after tourists drank tainted alcohol in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, Laos. Authorities say several people are in custody.
Six people have died in Laos from drinking tainted alcohol – what you need to know about methanol
The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.
Laos methanol poisoning victim Holly Bowles dies in Thailand hospital a day after best friend Bianca Jones
A second Australian teen who fell critically ill from a mass methanol poisoning in Laos last week has died in a Thailand ...
New Zealander returns home after suspected poisoning in Laos
A New Zealander who had fallen ill from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has now returned home, authorities have ...
Two teens fighting for their lives after drinking cocktails laced with methanol during Thailand vacation
Two Australian teenagers have been left fighting for their lives after consuming cocktails allegedly laced with methanol ...
Aussie man’s terrifying warning as teens fight for life in Thailand after suspected methanol poisoning
Two Melbourne teenagers fighting for life in Thailand after drinking cocktails laced with methanol would have had no way of ...
What is methanol poisoning? Six dead after suspected mass poisoning in Laos
What is methanol poisoning? Australian teenagers fight for lives in Thai hospital - Melbourne’s Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles ...
Melb Teen Bianca Jones Dies In Thailand After Methanol Poisoning: ‘She Was Surrounded By Love’
Australian teen Bianca Jones has died following a suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos, her family has confirmed.
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Four tourists die of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos
Her friend, also 19, remains hospitalised in neighbouring Thailand. Australian officials said Jones ... in Laos,” but ...
What is methanol poisoning, what are the symptoms and how can it be treated?
In the wake of a young Aussie woman dying in Laos, here’s everything you need to know about methanol poisoning.