Those detained by police include the management and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel, where two Australian teenagers had been staying on their fateful trip.
Eight people linked to Nana Backpacker Hostel have been detained by police in the Laos village of Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists in a suspected drink poisoning incident, local media reports.reports, linked to the deaths of Danish tourists Anne-Sofie Coyman, 20, and Freja Sorensen, 21, and American man 57-year-old James Hutson. All three had been staying at the hostel.
Those arrested are all male and are aged between 23 and 47 years old. Police late last week ordered the closure of Nana’s and questioned the venue’s manager in the Laotian capital Vientiane on Friday. Duong Duc Toan, the manager of Nana Backpacker Hostel displays a bottle of vodka, in the bar of the hostel.News of the eight being detained came after the families of the Australian victims and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade called on the Laos government to ensure a proper investigation took place into what had caused the deaths
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