Getty ImagesBritish lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, south-east Asia.
The UK’s Foreign Office confirmed the 28-year-old’s death on Thursday, saying: “We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in Laos, and we are in contact with the local authorities.”
It comes after the family of 19-year-old Australian national Bianca Jones confirmed her death earlier on the same day.
Hours earlier, the US State Department told the media that an American man died in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.
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