Murder-suicide suspected in Thai hotel poison deathsSenior Bangkok police discuss the Vietnamese-deaths case at Lumpini police station in Bangkok on Wednesday morning. (Photo supplied)Police believe one of six Vietnamese people found dead at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday evening poisoned the others and then committed suicide. Six Vietnamese people were found dead in a room on the fifth floor of the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in downtown Bangkok on Tuesday evening. An informed source said forensic police detected a cyanide-like substance in used cups in room 502 where the bodies were found. The woman had left the country on July 10, and was unlikely to have had anything to do with the deaths.

Source: Bangkok Post July 17, 2024 17:23 UTC