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CNN
07-02-2025
- CNN
Two tourists died in Sri Lanka after hostel fumigated for bedbugs, police say
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain's PA Media news agency has reported. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old digital marketing and social media manager from the English city of Derby, and 26-year-old Nadine Raguse from Germany were both staying in the Miracle Colombo City hostel in the Sri Lankan capital, PA reported Sri Lanka Police as saying on Thursday. They both fell ill after a room at the hostel was fumigated to treat bedbugs, Sri Lanka Police spokesman Buddhika Manatunga told PA, and McIntosh was hospitalized on Saturday. Officers are investigating whether the two women were poisoned by pesticides, the Manatunga said. Related article British woman and South African man found dead at Vietnam tourist villa He added that an autopsy to determine McIntosh's cause of death will take place after her family arrives in Sri Lanka on Monday. Manatunga said the hostel, which is currently closed, will remain shut until then, according to PA. A spokesperson for the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) told PA: 'We are supporting the family of a British woman who died in Sri Lanka, and are in contact with the local authorities.' CNN has reached out to the FCDO for further comment. McIntosh's family have launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for their travel to Sri Lanka. 'We are absolutely heartbroken to share that our beautiful baby girl and big sister Ebony has passed away unexpectedly on the Saturday 1st February 2025, thousands of miles away from home,' McIntosh's family wrote on the page. 'Words cannot begin to express how broken we are, it's been like a nightmare since we found out on Sunday morning, we have prayed and prayed that this can't be true. It couldn't possibly happen to our lovely Ebs,' they continued. The family wrote that McIntosh flew from London to Sri Lanka on Tuesday, January 28, to 'follow her dreams of travelling all over South Asia,' and that she was 'full of excitement,' having spent months planning. They added that McIntosh and 'several others' were rushed to hospital on Saturday after suffering from vomiting and nausea, and that McIntosh also had difficulty breathing. The family said she died within a few hours of arriving at the hospital.
CNN
07-02-2025
- CNN
Two tourists died in Sri Lanka after hostel fumigated for bedbugs, police say
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain's PA Media news agency has reported. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old digital marketing and social media manager from the English city of Derby, and 26-year-old Nadine Raguse from Germany were both staying in the Miracle Colombo City hostel in the Sri Lankan capital, PA reported Sri Lanka Police as saying on Thursday. They both fell ill after a room at the hostel was fumigated to treat bedbugs, Sri Lanka Police spokesman Buddhika Manatunga told PA, and McIntosh was hospitalized on Saturday. Officers are investigating whether the two women were poisoned by pesticides, the Manatunga said. Related article British woman and South African man found dead at Vietnam tourist villa He added that an autopsy to determine McIntosh's cause of death will take place after her family arrives in Sri Lanka on Monday. Manatunga said the hostel, which is currently closed, will remain shut until then, according to PA. A spokesperson for the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) told PA: 'We are supporting the family of a British woman who died in Sri Lanka, and are in contact with the local authorities.' CNN has reached out to the FCDO for further comment. McIntosh's family have launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for their travel to Sri Lanka. 'We are absolutely heartbroken to share that our beautiful baby girl and big sister Ebony has passed away unexpectedly on the Saturday 1st February 2025, thousands of miles away from home,' McIntosh's family wrote on the page. 'Words cannot begin to express how broken we are, it's been like a nightmare since we found out on Sunday morning, we have prayed and prayed that this can't be true. It couldn't possibly happen to our lovely Ebs,' they continued. The family wrote that McIntosh flew from London to Sri Lanka on Tuesday, January 28, to 'follow her dreams of travelling all over South Asia,' and that she was 'full of excitement,' having spent months planning. They added that McIntosh and 'several others' were rushed to hospital on Saturday after suffering from vomiting and nausea, and that McIntosh also had difficulty breathing. The family said she died within a few hours of arriving at the hospital.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Yahoo
Two tourists died in Sri Lanka after hostel fumigated for bedbugs, police say
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain's PA Media news agency has reported. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old digital marketing and social media manager from the English city of Derby, and 26-year-old Nadine Raguse from Germany were both staying in the Miracle Colombo City hostel in the Sri Lankan capital, PA reported Sri Lanka Police as saying on Thursday. They both fell ill after a room at the hostel was fumigated to treat bedbugs, Sri Lanka Police spokesman Buddhika Manatunga told PA, and McIntosh was hospitalized on Saturday. Officers are investigating whether the two women were poisoned by pesticides, the Manatunga said. He added that an autopsy to determine McIntosh's cause of death will take place after her family arrives in Sri Lanka on Monday. Manatunga said the hostel, which is currently closed, will remain shut until then, according to PA. A spokesperson for the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) told PA: 'We are supporting the family of a British woman who died in Sri Lanka, and are in contact with the local authorities.' CNN has reached out to the FCDO for further comment. McIntosh's family have launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for their travel to Sri Lanka. 'We are absolutely heartbroken to share that our beautiful baby girl and big sister Ebony has passed away unexpectedly on the Saturday 1st February 2025, thousands of miles away from home,' McIntosh's family wrote on the page. 'Words cannot begin to express how broken we are, it's been like a nightmare since we found out on Sunday morning, we have prayed and prayed that this can't be true. It couldn't possibly happen to our lovely Ebs,' they continued. The family wrote that McIntosh flew from London to Sri Lanka on Tuesday, January 28, to 'follow her dreams of travelling all over South Asia,' and that she was 'full of excitement,' having spent months planning. They added that McIntosh and 'several others' were rushed to hospital on Saturday after suffering from vomiting and nausea, and that McIntosh also had difficulty breathing. The family said she died within a few hours of arriving at the hospital.
CNN
07-02-2025
- CNN
Two tourists died in Sri Lanka after hostel fumigated for bedbugs, police say
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain's PA Media news agency has reported. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old digital marketing and social media manager from the English city of Derby, and 26-year-old Nadine Raguse from Germany were both staying in the Miracle Colombo City hostel in the Sri Lankan capital, PA reported Sri Lanka Police as saying on Thursday. They both fell ill after a room at the hostel was fumigated to treat bedbugs, Sri Lanka Police spokesman Buddhika Manatunga told PA, and McIntosh was hospitalized on Saturday. Officers are investigating whether the two women were poisoned by pesticides, the Manatunga said. Related article British woman and South African man found dead at Vietnam tourist villa He added that an autopsy to determine McIntosh's cause of death will take place after her family arrives in Sri Lanka on Monday. Manatunga said the hostel, which is currently closed, will remain shut until then, according to PA. A spokesperson for the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) told PA: 'We are supporting the family of a British woman who died in Sri Lanka, and are in contact with the local authorities.' CNN has reached out to the FCDO for further comment. McIntosh's family have launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for their travel to Sri Lanka. 'We are absolutely heartbroken to share that our beautiful baby girl and big sister Ebony has passed away unexpectedly on the Saturday 1st February 2025, thousands of miles away from home,' McIntosh's family wrote on the page. 'Words cannot begin to express how broken we are, it's been like a nightmare since we found out on Sunday morning, we have prayed and prayed that this can't be true. It couldn't possibly happen to our lovely Ebs,' they continued. The family wrote that McIntosh flew from London to Sri Lanka on Tuesday, January 28, to 'follow her dreams of travelling all over South Asia,' and that she was 'full of excitement,' having spent months planning. They added that McIntosh and 'several others' were rushed to hospital on Saturday after suffering from vomiting and nausea, and that McIntosh also had difficulty breathing. The family said she died within a few hours of arriving at the hospital.
The Independent
06-02-2025
- The Independent
British woman who died in Sri Lanka may have been poisoned by pesticides — police
A British woman who died after collapsing at a hostel in Sri Lanka may have been poisoned by noxious pesticides, police say. Derby woman Ebony McIntosh, a digital marketing and social media manager, was rushed to hospital in the capital, Colombo, on Saturday after suffering from vomiting, nausea and trouble breathing. The 24-year-old died alongside German national Nadine Raguse, 26, who was also staying at the Miracle Colombo City hostel. A room in the hostel had been fumigated to treat bed bugs before the young women fell ill, Sri Lanka police spokesman Buddhika Manatunga told the PA news agency. A police investigation had been launched, and officers were investigating the possibility that the women were poisoned by noxious pesticides, Mr Manatunga said. Ms McIntosh's cause of death had not been identified as a post-mortem examination would take place after her family arrived in Sri Lanka on 10 February, Mr Manatunga said. The hostel had been closed until this occurred. A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson said: 'We are supporting the family of a British woman who died in Sri Lanka, and are in contact with the local authorities.' The fatal incident came just weeks after six tourists died from methanol poisoning in Laos after drinking contaminated free shots at a backpackers' hostel. On Sunday, British survivor Bethany Clarke spoke for the first time about the incident in Laos which claimed the life of her childhood friend Simone White. 'If it looked dodgy, I wouldn't have drunk it,' Ms Clarke told Australia's 60 Minutes programme. 'We went up to the bar and I watched him pour them out from a glass bottle with a vodka label on it. I knew it would have been a local spirit, I wouldn't expect it to be an international spirit.'
