Eight men detained over suspected Laos methanol poisoning that killed six backpackers
By Ben Knight and ABC staff
Police last week forcibly closed the Nana hostel, where most of the victims had stayed.
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Laos police have detained eight men over a suspected methanol poisoning that killed six backpackers, including two Australians.
Laos police told the ABC the detained men were staff and management of the Nana Backpackers hostel, where Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles were staying when they fell ill.
The friends had consumed alcoholic drinks while holidaying in the backpacker party town of Vang Vieng, and later died in separate hospitals in Thailand.
Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both 19, died after drinking tainted cocktails in Laos.
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