On the 16th of July 2024, six foreign nationals, all of Vietnamese descent were found dead at the

Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel The Grand Hyatt Erawan is a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. It opened in 1991, replacing the ailing government-owned Erawan Hotel, on a corner of Ratchaprasong Intersection in the modern city centre. It is jointly owned by Thai hospitality ...

in Bangkok, Thailand. According to Thai Prime Minister

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, two of the dead were Americans of Vietnamese descent and four were Vietnamese nationals. After preliminary examinations of the scene, Major-General Theeradej Thumsuthee, chief investigator of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, also said that it was assumed that they had been poisoned, and that there were signs that all six drank coffee or tea. However, a preliminary autopsy did not find any injuries. As of 17 July 2024, it was confirmed by Bangkok officials that all 6 victims died of cyanide poisoning. The police believed that it was a murder–suicide.

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