The Laotian government has promised to bring perpetrators to justice after a mass poisoning that has killed six tourists including two Australians.

The family of a young Australian girl who died in hospital after falling critically ill from a mass methanol poisoning in Laos has urged the local government to prevent other lives from being lost. Bianca Jones died in a Thailand hospital on Thursday, and her friend Holly Bowles’ family confirmed her death the next day.

Thai police have confirmed the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who became ill after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos.

A sixth person has died after drinking alcohol poisoned with methanol in Laos. Holly Bowles was on a ‘dream gap year trip’ with her best friend Bianca Jones when both teenagers became ill after taking the shot on November 12.

Australian methanol poisoning survivors have shared their experiences of consuming tainted alcohol after two teenagers fell ill in Laos and died this week.

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in the Southeast Asian country.

Melbourne teenager Holly Bowles has passed away in Thailand a day after her friend Bianca Jones died, following a suspected mass methanol poisoning incident in Laos.

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Second Australian teenager dies from poisoning in Laos Holly Bowles and her best friend Bianca Jones, both 19 and from Melbourne, are among the six foreigners confirmed to have died as a result of drinking methanol-laced vodka in the southeast Asian country of Laos.