American Teacher And Son Stung To Death In Laos

HONG KONG — An American coach and his teenage boy person been stung to decease while connected vacation successful Laos.

Daniel Owen and his son, Cooper, who lived successful neighboring Vietnam, were astatine an eco-adventure edifice adjacent nan metropolis of Luang Prabang erstwhile they were attacked connected Oct. 15. NBC News was incapable to corroborate what they were stung by.

The 2 Americans were concisely treated astatine nan Phakan Arocavet Clinic successful Luang Prabang, head Phanomsay Phakan said Wednesday.

“The information of nan begetter and boy was very serious, truthful they were quickly transferred to a adjacent provincial infirmary for further treatment,” Phakan said successful an email.

Phakan told The Times of London that they had been stung much than 100 times and that their bodies were “covered successful reddish spots.”

A State Department spokesperson confirmed nan deaths of 2 U.S. citizens successful Luang Prabang but declined to remark further “out of respect for nan privateness of nan family and loved ones.”

The U.S. embassies successful Vietnam and Laos did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

The eco-adventure resort, Green Jungle Park, besides did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. A spokesperson told The Times that nan incident was “unprecedented successful our acquisition and, to our understanding, successful Luang Prabang arsenic well.”

“It was an unforeseeable and bonzer earthy occurrence,” nan spokesperson said, adding that nan parkland was reviewing its procedures.

Owen was head of QSI International School of Haiphong, 1 of Vietnam’s largest cities.

“Dan dedicated 18 years to QSI, serving successful 5 different schools and rubbing countless lives pinch his warmth, leadership, and unwavering committedness to education,” nan schoolhouse said successful a Facebook post. “He was profoundly loved crossed our organization and will beryllium profoundly missed.”

Laos, a state of astir 8 cardinal people, is an progressively celebrated tourer destination successful Southeast Asia.

In November 2024, an American national was among six visitors who died successful Laos, wherever intoxicant tainted pinch methanol was blamed for poisoning them.