MOSCOW, June 1 (UPI) -- A third Russian tourist has died of alcohol poisoning following a yacht excursion at a popular Turkish resort, a Russian government spokesman said Wednesday.
Marina Shevelyova, 22, died at a Moscow hospital after arriving home from a trip to the Turkish Aegean resort of Bodrum, RIA Novosti reported.
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Two other members of her tour group, Maria Shalyapina, 28, and Aigul Zalayeva, 20, died in a Turkish hospital.
Five other Russian tourists remain hospitalized in Turkey, two of them in critical condition.
Prosecutors in Turkey said they are considering initiating a criminal case against the owners of the yacht where the tourists were poisoned.
