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sl8

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Wed Jul 17, 2024, 05:50 AM Jul 2024

Thailand says cyanide killed 6 foreigners in hotel, including perpetrator

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-police-say-cyanide-killed-6-foreigners-bangkok-hotel-2024-07-17/

Thailand says cyanide killed 6 foreigners in hotel, including perpetrator

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat
July 17, 2024 6:26 AM EDT Updated 21 min ago

BANGKOK, July 17 (Reuters) - Cyanide poisoning caused the deaths of six foreigners whose bodies were found in a room in a plush Bangkok hotel, Thai authorities said on Wednesday, with the suspected killer among the dead.

Traces of the rapid-acting, deadly chemical were found during autopsies of the bodies and on drinking glasses and a teapot in the room at the luxury Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel where the dead were discovered late on Tuesday, according to police and a hospital.

Interviews with relatives of the three women and three men who died revealed there had been a dispute over debt related to an investment, according to police, who said they were investigating how the cyanide was obtained.

The six were all of Vietnamese ethnicity, two of those U.S. nationals. Police said the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation had assisted with the investigation.

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Thailand says cyanide killed 6 foreigners in hotel, including perpetrator (Original Post) sl8 Jul 2024 OP
Uggh. As poisons go, this is a cruel one, albeit fast (as several NAZIs post WWII found out) hlthe2b Jul 2024 #1
I suppose it could have been a suicide pact. Or maybe like the Princess Bride, someone thought they had an immunity captain queeg Jul 2024 #2

captain queeg

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2. I suppose it could have been a suicide pact. Or maybe like the Princess Bride, someone thought they had an immunity
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 06:47 AM
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