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SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AP) – Eight young men and women died in a cottage in southwestern Bosnia, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year’s celebration, police said on Friday .
Local police spokeswoman Martina Medic told The Associated Press that police answered a call around 10 a.m. and went to a house in Tribistovo where several people were found dead. The village is 150 kilometers (90) southwest of Sarajevo, the capital.
Regional Police Commissioner Milan Galic later told channel N1 that the victims were local residents, four men and four women, between the ages of 18 and 20.
“They most likely choked, but more information will be available after the investigation,” Galic said.
The municipality of Posusje, where the village is located, mourned in a Facebook post “eight young lives lost” and urged local cafes and restaurants to close to honor the victims. Senior officials from Bosnia and Croatia offered condolences to their families.
Bosnian and Croatian media said the eight were high school and college students who died from a carbon monoxide leak from a generator they were using for heat as they celebrated New Years Eve at a vacation home .
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas that can cause sudden illness and death.
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