SARAJEVO: Eight youngsters died in Bosnia overnight Friday in a weekend house where they celebrated the New Year, police said with local media reporting that they were victims of gas poisoning.
The victims include four men and four women between 18 and 20 years of age who were found dead in the weekend house in a village in southern Bosnia, police said.
Officers and ambulances rushed to the scene after being informed that several people, who were celebrating the New Year, were found in unconscious state in Trebistovo, police official Milan Galic told regional TV channel N1.
“The most likely cause of death is . gas poisoning,” he said, adding that more details would be known after the investigation.
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Regional police commissioner Milan Galic later told N1 broadcaster the victims were local residents, four men and four women, aged between 18 and 20.
Not less than eight men and women have been found dead in a cottage in Bosnia, sparking some stir in the area.
They were found dead in an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year’s Eve celebration.
Police spokeswoman Martina Medic said officers responded to a call at about 10am local time on Friday and went to a house in Tribistovo where several people were found dead.
Regional police commissioner Milan Galic later told N1 broadcaster the victims were local residents, four men and four women, aged between 18 and 20.
8 Dead in New Year’s Eve Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Eight young men and women have died in a cottage in southwest Bosnia, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year’s Eve celebration, police said Friday.
Local police spokeswoman Martina Medic told The Associated Press that police responded to a call around 10 a.m. and went to a house in Tribistovo where several people were found dead. The village is 150 kilometers (93 miles) southwest of Sarajevo, the capital.
Regional police Commissioner Milan Galic later told N1 broadcaster that the victims were local residents, four men and four women, aged 18–20.
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