Sri Lanka probes tourist deaths from pest fumigation


Tourists visit the Galle Fort in Sri Lanka. - Photo: AFP

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police said Saturday (Feb 8) they were investigating the death of two foreign tourists, suspected to have succumbed to poisoning after the fumigation against insects in their hostel rooms.

The tourists, both women, a 24-year-old Briton and a 26-year-old German, were discovered sick in their hostel rooms in the capital Colombo.

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