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.
Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...
Police in Laos have arrested eight people over the suspected mass methanol poisoning which killed six foreign tourists in ...
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Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...
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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The US State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” But what is ...
THE parents of a British teenager found dead at a Laos hostel where six tourists died after drinking “methanol-laced shots” ...
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