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Fifth tourist dies after suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos | BBC News


British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to die in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, following the deaths of an Australian woman, American woman and two Danish women.

A number of people taken to hospital following the incident in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.

News reports and testimonies on social media from other tourists have suggested they may have consumed drinks laced with methanol, a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol.

Many of the victims were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel with staff being told that guests had fallen ill after they failed to check out on 13 November.

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