The Six foreigners found dead in a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, died after ingest cyanide in cups of tea, said the coroner who performed the autopsies.
The bodies of six people of Vietnamese origintwo of which had U.S. citizenshipwere discovered on Tuesday in a suite at the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel, in the center of Bangkok.
Photos released by police show the bodies of the victims, three men and three women aged between 37 and 56, along with plates of untouched Thai food, two thermoses and several cups.
Initial examinations revealed the presence of cyanide in six of the cupsaccording to police. This substance is a extremely toxic poison that acts very quickly on the body.
“The mouths and nails of all the bodies turned purple, showing that lack of air could be one of the causes of death,” He said forensic doctor Kornkiat Vongpaisarnsin at a press conference at Chulalongkorn University.
“We believe that they all died from cyanide, which causes a lack of air in some organs.”he added. According to Thai police, it was probably One of the six who died was the one who carried out the poisonings, which are believed to be related to debts worth millions of baht, the Thai currency. One million baht is equivalent to about $28,000.
“We are convinced that one of the six people found dead committed this crime”said Noppasil Poonsawas, deputy chief of police in Bangkok.
Horror in a hotel in Thailand: six men died poisoned due to a multimillion-dollar debt
He Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs He said four of the dead were Vietnamese and the other two were Americans.
He Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin He said Wednesday that the crime was “a private matter” unrelated to national security and should not affect the country’s lucrative tourism sector.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths have fueled rumours, with several media outlets initially reporting a shooting.
The researchers also revealed that The deaths could have occurred the day before the bodies were discovered.
The father of one of the victims, Tran Dinh Dung, He explained that his 37-year-old son had to return to Vietnam The last Sunday.
“I kept calling him but I couldn’t get through to him, so I was very worried but I didn’t expect him to die in Thailand“Dung said in an interview with Thanh Nien newspaper. Vietnam.
Source: Ambito
