The victims were an American, two Danes, two Australians, and a Brit. Australia's prime minister called the ordeal "every parent's very worst fear."

An Australian teenager has become the sixth person to die from a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.Holly Bowles, 19, from Melbourne, died on Friday morning days after her best friend Biana Jones tragically lost her life earlier this week.

Manager and owner of Laos hostel at centre of fatal methanol poisonings detained - Five tourists, including Simone White from Orpington, are thought to have died after ingesting tainted alcohol