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Fifth tourist dies in suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Bangkok Hospital Udon in Udon Thani province, where an Australian teenager was taken after drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol in Vang Vieng, Laos, and passed away on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters)

A British woman who fell ill after drinking contaminated alcohol in Laos has died, the fifth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident.

British media reported on Thursday that 28-year-old Simone White, a lawyer from southeast London, was among the tourists who died after consuming drinks laced with methanol, a toxic alcohol.

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