Australian teenager becomes sixth to die in Laos ‘methanol poisoning’ as police detain hostel bosses - Australian backpacker Holly Bowles, 19, became the sixth traveller to die from suspected methanol

A BRITISH lawyer has died after apparently being poisoned by a drink laced with methanol while holidaying in Laos. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, is the fifth tourist to have tragically

A number of people reportedly detained in connection with the mass poisoning, but no charges have been filed yet

Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos

An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, Australia’s prime minister said, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died in the same party town,

Simone White and Bethany Clarke have both been named as it emerged that four people have died following an incident in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng 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.

Australian teenager Holly Bowles has become the sixth foreign tourist to die from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old died more than a week after falling ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng,