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A second young Australian tourist died in a Thai hospital on Friday, bringing the death toll related to suspected methanol poisoning during a night out in a Laos backpacker hotspot to six.

Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos

Six tourists, including Simone White from Orpington, are thought to have died after ingesting tainted alcohol

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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.

A fifth tourist has died after consuming methanol-laced alcohol in Laos. The 28-year-old woman was a British tourist travelling in Asia.

Foreign Office advises tourists how to avoid alcohol that may be accidentally toxic or may be counterfeit