Sri Lanka investigates tourist deaths from suspected pesticide poisoning
A Briton and a German died after their hostel rooms in Colombo were fumigated for bedbugs and other pests
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Sri Lankan police said on Saturday 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.
The Briton, whose family named as Ebony McIntosh, died in hospital on February 2, the same day she had arrived in the hostel.
The German woman died on February 3, police said.
A German man was still receiving treatment in hospital.
Police said tests had been carried out to determine if the deaths were caused by poisoning due to the fumigation of room.
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