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 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.
As some of their number succumbed to methanol poisoning, other guests at the Laotian hostel at the centre of the probe tried ...
Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...
Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...
Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in ...
In the days after backpackers in Laos began falling violently ill due to suspected methanol poisoning, travellers tried ...
Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...
At least six tourists who traveled to Laos have died in recent days, prompting international alarm about the dangers of ...
Police in Laos have arrested eight people over the suspected mass methanol poisoning which killed six foreign tourists in ...
The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.
Facing methanol poisoning in a place like Laos means hurdles to getting help, including accessing health care in time.
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