Victorian backpacker dies in Laos



UPDATE: LAOS police said a Victorian man and his Dutch girlfriend were found dead in their hotel room, an ABC journalist has reported.


The 22-year-old man is the third Australian to die in the nation in the past month.

A DFAT spokeswoman said the man’s body was found yesterday in Luang Prabang, in the country’s northwest.

She said local authorities would be handling the investigation into the man’s death. The cause of death is yet unknown.

“Consular staff in Australia are providing assistance to the man’s family,” a spokesperson told ninemsn.

The death follows the tragic loss of Melbourne man Daniel Eimutis, 19, who died in a tubing accident in Vang Vieng two weeks ago.

He was found in a river three days after partaking in the extreme sport with friends.

In the same month, Sydney man Lee Hudswell, 26, was also killed while tubing in Vang Vieng.

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