(With credit to ROK Drop for linking to this.)
4 men found dead at bed and breakfast facility in Bundang
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Four men were found dead Saturday at a bed and breakfast facility in Bundang, south of Seoul, sending police to investigate the cause of the deaths.
Police received a report from the operator of the lodging service around noon that "four men were left dead in the same room."
The four in their 30s and 40s reportedly arrived at the lodging establishment the previous evening. Police said no signs of foul play have been found in connection with the deaths so far, adding an investigation will be launched as to how they were related to each other and the exact circumstances of the deaths.
I'm too slow of a reader to bother with Korean-language news. I wonder whether Korean newspapers have more detailed information. This is pretty weird. Seongnam City is where the district of Bundang is—the place I walk down to when doing my 18K walks. "Bed and breakfast" could mean a guest house of some sort.
2 comments:
I have seen similar reports in other tourists locales like Mexico, etc. Invariably, it turns out to be carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty water heater or other type of heater. I would not be surprised if it is the same with this case in Korea.
Brian
Sounds plausible to me.
As a method of suicide, inhalation of carbon monoxide by lighting a traditional Korean "briquette" (yeontan/연탄) inside an apartment is a rather popular way to go. But while carbon monoxide itself is odorless, charcoal has a, well, charcoal-y smell to it, so you'd think that that smell would have lingered in the room even hours after the deed had been done. Or maybe the guys found some other method of introducing carbon monoxide into the room. Or maybe this situation is something completely different.
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