Second tourist dies at Sri Lanka hostel after Brit tourist falls fatally ill from 'toxic chemicals'

Nadine Raguse, 26, has been named arsenic the 2nd idiosyncratic to dice aft staying astatine the Miracle Colombo City Hostel successful Sri Lanka - wherever 24-year-old Brit Ebony McIntosh besides fell fatally ill

A 2nd tourer has died astatine the aforesaid Sri Lankan hostel wherever a British pistillate fell fatally sick - with cops probing whether the calamity was a effect of toxic chemicals utilized to fumigate bed bugs.

German nationalist Nadine Raguse, 26, has been named arsenic the 2nd idiosyncratic to dice aft staying astatine the Miracle Colombo City Hostel successful Colombo. She was staying with 24-year-old Ebony McIntosh, from Derby, who was rushed to hospital after suffering nausea, terrible vomitting and breathing difficulties.

The young Brit was said to beryllium connected her "dream holiday", but tragically died successful infirmary aft a country successful the hostel was fumigated to get escaped of the pests. Sri Lanka Police spokesperson Buddhika Manatunga confirmed the fumigation took spot conscionable days earlier some women died.

An probe has present been launched to find retired whether oregon not their deaths were a nonstop effect of poisoning by noxious pesticides. According to reports successful Sri Lanka, a country adjacent country to Ebony's was fumigated connected January 30 - past sealed for 72 hours. The hostel has present been closed arsenic investigators enactment to found the circumstances down the fatalities.

A post-mortem introspection connected Ebony is besides owed to instrumentality spot aft her household arrives successful Sri Lanka connected February 10. The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: "We are supporting the household of a British pistillate who died successful Sri Lanka, and are successful interaction with the section authorities."

Tributes person since flooded successful for the question influencer, who was described arsenic the "kindest, funniest, and astir determined" person. Ebony's younger sister India wrote: "To my Ebony, my beauteous sister, convey you, convey you for being my older sister, 1 amended than I could've ever asked for.

"I americium genuinely heartbroken, I can't judge I americium penning this, it feels similar immoderate nightmare I haven't woken up from yet. We volition get justness for you, you had truthful overmuch beingness near to live."

Her champion pal said: "I americium perfectly broken. Ebony was 1 of the kindest, funniest, and astir determined radical I’ve ever known. She had the biggest dreams, and she deserved to unrecorded them all.”

Ebony's distressed household members person said they are successful the midst of a "nightmare" arsenic they fundraise to person their "beautiful babe girl" returned to the UK. They claimed the 24-year-old was 1 of respective radical sent to infirmary past week, with others near vomiting and struggling to breathe.

Taking to GoFundMe, organiser India McIntosh, Ebony's younger sister, said she "took precise ill" successful the hostel, which has since been closed, alongside respective others, who were treated successful infirmary for "vomiting" and "nausea". Ebony, they wrote, suffered trouble breathing, and passed distant little than a week aft she arrived successful Sri Lanka connected February 1.

India wrote: "We cannot adjacent statesman to ideate however frightened she indispensable person felt astatine the clip and it hurts america truthful severely to deliberation of the symptom she was in." The organiser added that Ebony passed distant "with idiosyncratic from the hostel beside her" who stayed with her "during her past moments".