The bodies of six people were found Tuesday in a luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok and their deaths may have been caused by poisoning, police and officials said.
Bangkok police chief Lt. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang identified the dead as two Vietnamese Americans and four Vietnamese nationals, and said there were three males and three females. Investigators said the bodies were foaming at the mouth, an officer from the Lumpini police station said on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release information.
The victims had booked several rooms at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel under seven names, and some were staying on a different floor from the room where they were found dead, Thiti said. Police are still looking for the seventh person included in the booking, Thiti said at a news conference at the hotel.
Wouldn’t it be funny if they all worked for Boeing
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Investigators said the bodies were foaming at the mouth, an officer from the Lumpini police station said on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release information.
The residents of the room where the bodies were found were supposed to have checked out earlier Tuesday and their luggage had already been packed, he said.
The bodies were discovered by a maid who went to the room after they failed to check out and found it locked from the inside, Thiti said.
There was food that had been ordered earlier from room service that was left uneaten, but drinks had been consumed, Thiti said.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin went to the hotel in the evening, and later told journalists that the incident was neither a robbery nor a random assault, and that it should not affect Thailand’s lucrative tourism industry.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said U.S. officials are aware of the reports of the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Bangkok.
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At the risk of sounding gauche, I’m eagerly awaiting the Netflix documentary
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Why is this world news? Were the poisoned people notable?
4 Vietnamese nationals and 2 Vietnamese Americans are dead after 7 people checked into several rooms at a hotel in Thailand, with the seventh person now missing. Sounds pretty international news to me. So, I’d say it belongs?
It is news, newsworthy, and also Bangkok, Thailand is certainly part of the world. ✔️
But you are only allowed to report things that seem important to Americans in any community that might be visited by Americans. Come on, everybody knows that.
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Wait, wait, wait.
You’re telling me there are other countries?
Did you know that if you walk backwards into a turnstile at an airport, you’re going to Bangkok.
The prime minister went to the scene to talk to reporters, they certainly seem to consider it a big deal.
Poisoning multiple people is quite odd. Not front page news outside the region but notable.
