The family of 19-year-old Australian teenager Holly Bowles confirmed she had died in hospital in Bangkok on Friday, surrounded by her loved ones.
The family of a teenager has confirmed that she is the sixth tourist to have died after drinking suspected methanol poisoned alcohol in Laos.
Laotian police earlier detained the manager and owner of a hostel involved in the case, with an officer at Vang Vieng's Tourism Police office confirming that a "number of people" had been detained in the case, but no charges have been filed yet. The Foreign Ministry has refused to comment, and in Vang Vieng, the small hospital where some of the victims are believed to have been treated initially, referred all questions to the town's health office on the hospital grounds. The town health officials refused to comment, saying they lacked proper permission.
"I think it's never happened before, so it is hopefully just a one-off incident," said Mr Farmiloe, who has lived in Vang Vieng for 20 years. "It's very sad all around. I'm sure nobody intended to cause injury, but it's happened." Duong Duc Toan, the manager of the Nana Backpacker Hostel, said the day before he was detained that the two Australian women had joined other guests for free shots of Laotian vodka on the night in question, before heading elsewhere and returning in the early hours of the morning.
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