Laos methanol poisoning victims 'vomited blood for 13 hours' before being found dead in hotel

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Two Danish travellers who died aft drinking a batch of intoxicant suspected to person been poisoned with methanol had substance friends saying they were vomiting humor for hours

Two backpackers who died aft wide poisoning successful south-east Asia had told friends they were vomiting humor for hours earlier they were aboriginal recovered deceased.

Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, from Denmark, had been backpacking crossed Laos erstwhile they were recovered dormant successful a hotel. Now, it's been revealed they were messaged friends astir being sick earlier going soundless and not replying. Both women had drank from the aforesaid batch of alcohol which is thought to person been spiked with methanol.

Four different radical were near dormant from the poisoning, including Australian teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones and British lawyer Simone White. Another 11 travellers are believed to beryllium successful infirmary warring for their lives. The Danish girls were staying astatine Nana Backpackers successful Vang Vieng and were readying to conscionable up with a Beligan antheral they had met with earlier successful their travels.

They had told their person however they had been puking humor for hours connected an extremity and erstwhile they stopped responding, helium spent respective days searching for them earlier uncovering retired they had died. It prompted a informing online, with a person of the Belgian backpacker sharing his anguish astatine the situation.

They wrote: "‘The past fewer days I person been engaged with a Belgian person looking for 2 girls helium travelled with. For much than 72 hours, nary interaction could beryllium made portion they had agreed to conscionable successful Vang Vieng. The unusual happening was that their past connection was that they had some been vomiting humor for 13 hours … They person some since died.”

Local constabulary reports revealed the 2 Danes had been drinking astatine the hostel barroom connected November 12 earlier moving connected to immoderate different bars successful the area. They are believed to person returned to their country astatine astir midnight. Sadly, they were recovered by unit unconscious connected their bath level astatine astir 6pm the pursuing day.

They were rushed to infirmary but were reportedly declared dormant astatine astir 3.30am section clip connected November 14. It comes arsenic the deadly batch of intoxicant is believed to person killed aggregate radical and earnestly injured and respective more. It is understood the 2 Melbourne teens who died had consumed deadly cocktails. They were besides staying astatine the aforesaid hostel arsenic the Danish duo.

The Herald Sun reported that the brace had spent the pursuing time sleeping successful their country and lone aforesaid retired to archer unit they "couldn't breathe" and needed to beryllium taken to hospital, news.com reports. One hostel idiosyncratic said the girls sought assistance from reception unit and were gravely unwell. Both were taken to infirmary but died a time isolated successful hospital.

The Laotian authorities has promised to bring perpetrators to justice. On Saturday, they released a connection saying the federation was “profoundly saddened implicit the nonaccomplishment of lives of overseas tourists”.

It continued: “The authorities of the Lao PDR has been conducting investigations to find causes of the incidental and to bring the perpetrators to justness successful accordance with the law."

Duong Duc Toan, who owns the hostel, has been arrested but hasn't been charged. Nana Backpackers bartender Toan Van Vaang denied that the Australian girls had been poisoned astatine the venue's bar. He poured a vodka and Coke Zero, the aforesaid portion arsenic the women had been drinking, and took a sip himself to beryllium it was safe, the Herald Sun reported. Mr Van Vaang said the vodka was purchased from a distributor and unit ne'er watered it down oregon added to the bottle.