Two tourists die due to bedbug treatment in Sri Lanka hotel
Kyiv • UNN
In a Colombo hostel, two tourists died after a room was treated with pesticides to kill bedbugs. The police are investigating the incident and the facility is temporarily closed.
Two tourists have died due to suspected pesticide poisoning after their room in a Sri Lankan hostel was treated for bedbugs. The police have launched an investigation, and the facility has been closed. This was reported by CNN, according to UNN.
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It is noted that 24-year-old Ebony McIntosh and 26-year-old Nadine Ragus were staying at the Miracle Colombo City Hostel in the capital of Sri Lanka. They both fell ill after their hostel room was fumigated to get rid of bedbugs. They were hospitalized.
Police are still investigating whether the two women were poisoned by pesticides. An autopsy to determine the cause of McIntosh's death will take place after her family arrives in Sri Lanka.
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