A British lawyer has been hospitalised after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol while backpacking in Laos
Bianca Jones has died while Holly Bowles and Simone White have been hospitalised after suspected methanol poisoning
Best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones are understood to have joined more than 100 other guests for free shots of Lao vodka offered by the hostel as a gesture of hospitality on Tuesday 12 November. Holly Bowles is still in hospital and her friend Bianca Jones has died after suspected methanol poisoning
Two Danish women, aged 19 and 20, also died last week in Laos, the Danish authorities confirmed. However, their identities have not been shared.Several other victims have been taken to hospital with suspected methanol poisoning, including a British woman who is understood to be seriously ill.
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