Cyanide Caused Mystery Deaths at Bangkok Luxury Hotel
- Six foreigners were found dead in Thai capital’s luxury hotel
- Screening reveals cyanide traces in bodies of victims
The Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok hotel.
Photographer: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images
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Cyanide traces were detected in the bodies of six foreigners found dead at a luxury Bangkok hotel, preliminary autopsy results showed on Wednesday, with Thai police saying the culprit was believed to be among the dead.
The killer chemical was found in all the bodies discovered on Tuesday from the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok hotel, Kornkiat Vongpaisarnsin, head of forensic at Chulalongkorn University where the autopsies were conducted, told a briefing.