The dead did not show outward signs of injury. Mass violence is unusual in the capital, Bangkok.
Six people were found dead on Tuesday in a hotel room at a Grand Hyatt in the heart of downtown Bangkok, according to police officials, who said they appeared to have been poisoned.
Two of the dead were Americans of Vietnamese descent and four were Vietnamese nationals, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Police Maj. Gen. Theeradej Thumsuthee, chief investigator of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, who was being interviewed on Nation TV, a Thai news channel, said three of the dead were men, and three were women.
“From the preliminary examination of the scene, it was assumed that they had been poisoned,” General Theeradej said. He added that there were traces that all six drank coffee or tea. A preliminary autopsy did not find any injuries, he said.
A guide was being questioned, he said.
Police Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, told reporters that there were no signs of a struggle. The bodies were found in the same room, a suite. All six were supposed to check out on Tuesday and had their bags packed.
Mass violence is unusual in Bangkok, but the capital was shaken by a shooting last October when a 14-year-old gunman opened fire in a luxury shopping mall, eventually killing three people.
The Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel is on a busy intersection in Bangkok’s city center. It sits opposite the Erawan Shrine, the site of a deadly bombing in 2015 that killed 20 people.
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