On 16 July 2024, six foreign nationals, all of Vietnamese descent were found dead at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. According to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, 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.[1]
As of 17 July 2024, it was confirmed by Bangkok officials that all six victims died of cyanide poisoning.[2] The police believed that it was a murder–suicide.[3]
