A British mum has become the fourth member of her family to die three months after a mystery gas poisoning on holiday.
Hosne Ara Islam tragically died on October 18, after she was discovered unconscious at a flat in north east Bangladesh in July.
The death of the 46-year-old marked the fourth death in her family after a mysterious gas poisoning affected them, WalesOnline reported.
Her husband Rafiqul and her son Mahiqul Islam died immediately in July from the poisoning and her daughter Samira Islam sadly passed a month later.
The family sat down for dinner on Monday, 25 July where police say they all fell asleep in the same room. It's then the poisoning is believed to have happened.
The next day between 10am and 10:30am, relatives tried to open the door to the flat but couldn’t hear anyone inside so desperately rang the police.
Officers battered down the door and recovered five unconscious people from inside.
Police in Bangladesh and a spokesman for the Cardiff Bangladeshi Society confirmed the mother’s death and said that while Hosne had initially been released from hospital, she had not recovered well after the incident and was re-admitted before her death.
Hosne is survived by her son Sadikul Islam, who is in his 20s, and has tragically faced losing the rest of his family.
The Cardiff-based family travelled to Bangladesh over the summer, a trip most tragically wouldn’t return from.
Hundreds turned out to mourn the family after the dad and son died, and daughter Samira was still unconscious.
Police confirmed the family came to Bangladesh on July 12 and that they moved into the flat where they were found on July 18.
In investigating the cause of the poisoning, expected to be carbon monoxide, officers said Hosne Ara and Sadikul had told them a faulty emergency electricity generator in the property they were staying at had been used on the night of the tragedy due to a power cut.
Supt Farid Uddin said officers had visited the property with Hosne Ara and Sadikul, adding the generator pumped out smoke as it was running, which could have led to suffocation.
He said: "We collected a smoke sample from the generator and we sent it to fire service to see if chemicals were also found in the bodies of the deceased and of the survivors. We have to wait for some days to get the chemical analysis report."
The news of Hosne's death, making her the fourth tragic victim, has been confirmed by the Cardiff Bangladeshi Society, family friends, and local journalists.
Absul Salem, a spokesman for Cardiff Bangladeshi Society, said: "This is shocking news, it is devastating news. Not only one, or two, or three members of the family gone but four. The whole community is shocked.
"She was released from hospital but wasn't perfectly normal so was readmitted. She couldn't travel back here because of this. Her now only son Sadikul is back in Cardiff and has been, lots of groups are knocking on his door to look after him. Very sad news."
