Overview
- Hotel staff found two British tourists unconscious in a room on Monday, and at least two other guests were taken to Agadir University Hospital in critical condition.
- Local police and forensic teams sealed the scene, collected samples and moved the bodies to Hassan II Regional Hospital where autopsies have been ordered.
- Investigators searched the room, the hotel's kitchen, roof and outbuildings and have inspected safety and accommodation procedures as part of the probe.
- Authorities are exploring lines of inquiry including food poisoning and a possible gas leak but have made no official determination and have not released the victims’ identities or the hotel’s name.
- The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is supporting the families, and the case follows a separate October death of a British tourist in Agadir that has heightened scrutiny of safety at resort hotels.