# Six found dead in Bangkok hotel

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**Created:** [July 16, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-found-dead-in-bangkok-hotel/1004325 "2024-07-16T15:07:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-found-dead-in-bangkok-hotel/1004325/1 "2024-07-16T15:07:41Z")

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Very weird. Some kind of cult thing? Does Vietnam have a beef with anyone?

> **[Bangkok hotel deaths: Six bodies found at Grand Hyatt](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g3prgzzjpo)**
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> Police in the Thai capital say the dead are all of Vietnamese origin - there are no signs they were shot.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-found-dead-in-bangkok-hotel/1004325/2 "2024-07-16T20:55:55Z")

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Later article says:

> Investigators said the bodies were foaming at the mouth, an officer from the Lumpini police station said on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release information.

**Six people are found dead in a hotel in downtown Bangkok, with poisoning a possibility**

[https://apnews.com/article/thailand-bangkok-hotel-deaths-fef64b28304c8dcb201bd40c8dd09862](https://apnews.com/article/thailand-bangkok-hotel-deaths-fef64b28304c8dcb201bd40c8dd09862)

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-found-dead-in-bangkok-hotel/1004325/3 "2024-07-16T20:57:46Z")

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Suicide pact?

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-found-dead-in-bangkok-hotel/1004325/4 "2024-07-17T09:40:54Z")

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More news: looks like it was about money after all.

> **[Grand Hyatt Bangkok: Victims drank from cyanide-laced teacups](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g64ljwp2go)**
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> Police suspect that one of the dead was behind the poisoning and was driven by crushing debt.