Australian teenager Bianca Jones has change into the fourth vacationer to die in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos.
The 19-year-old’s household confirmed her dying to the media on Thursday. Hours earlier, the US State Department instructed the media that an American had died within the resort city of Vang Vieng.
Two Danish girls, aged 19 and 20, additionally died final week in Laos, authorities confirmed, whereas Jones’ pal, Holly Bowles, and a British girl are mentioned to be in hospital on life assist.
The deaths stay underneath police investigation, however reviews and testimonies from different vacationers recommend they could have consumed drinks laced with methanol, a lethal substance usually present in bootleg alcohol.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned the Department of Foreign Affairs had confirmed Ms Jones’ dying.
“Our first ideas presently are together with his household and pals who’re struggling a horrible and merciless loss,” Albanese mentioned Thursday afternoon.
“This is each father or mother’s worst worry and a nightmare nobody ought to need to endure.”
The US State Department mentioned it was “intently monitoring” the state of affairs of the American sufferer, including that it was as much as native authorities to find out the reason for dying.
Australian AND United Kingdom every authority has warned its residents to watch out for methanol poisoning when consuming alcohol in Laos.
