3 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning victims 'vomited blood for 13 hours' before being found dead in hotel

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Two Danish travellers who died after drinking a batch of alcohol suspected to have been poisoned with methanol had text friends saying they were vomiting blood for hours

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6 hours ago 'Mass methanol poisoning' which killed British lawyer and five others in Laos could claim MORE lives as 11 backpackers remain in hospital after drinking lethal shots

British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent died after drinking free shots allegedly laced with deadly methanol.

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7 hours ago Vang Vieng: Laos party town stops serving shots after six tourists killed by 'methanol poisoning'

Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in the south-east Asian town in Laos speaking of their experiences

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10 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning: Two young women killed pictured as death toll rises to six

Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, were among the six young people who died after drinking suspected poisoned alcohol at a backpacker's hostel in Laos

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21 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning victim Bianca Jones 'was on the trip of a lifetime' says heartbroken dad

The grieving father of Bianca Jones, 19, said she 'wanted to explore the world' and the visit to Laos was part of 'the trip of a lifetime' that was meant to be 'the first of many'

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27 hours ago Vang Vieng methanol poisonings: Laos government breaks silence on party town tourist deaths

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng last week

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36 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning: Brit woman 'went blind' after 'drinking vodka shots at hostel' where 6 died

A British woman claimed she lost her vision and became violently ill after drinking vodka at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos where six people have since died

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