The Čeliković family of three, father Husejin, mother Zurijeta and son Dževad, were found dead in the family house in the Numera settlement. The cause of death is apparently carbon monoxide poisoning, i.e. the use of generators due to a power outage.
In the afternoon, the police department of the MUP TK received a report indicating that members of the household in the municipality of Teočak do not leave the house, after which the patrol of the Teočak Police Station found three lifeless bodies at the scene, whose death was confirmed by the coroner of the Health Center Teocak.
˝In the afternoon of December 26, 2024, the police administration of the MUP TK received a report indicating that the members of the household in Teočak were not leaving the house, after which the police patrol of the Teočak police station found three lifeless bodies at the scene, whose death stated the medical coroner of Teočak Health Center. The Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of the Tuzla Canton was informed about everything, and the investigation team of the Criminal Police Sector of the Police Directorate of the MUP TK was sent to the scene, which will conduct an investigation in the presence and on the instructions of the prosecutor on duty, all with the aim of determining the circumstances under which the event took place. According to the Criminal Procedure Law of the FBiH, the investigation is led by the prosecutor, and all further measures and actions will also be taken according to the instructions of the acting prosecutor, the MUP of TK announced.
Admir Arnautović, the spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office of TK, said that the prosecutor on duty will issue an order for the autopsy of the body after the investigation.
“After conducting the investigation, the prosecutor on duty will issue an order for an autopsy on the bodies of the deceased in order to determine the exact causes of death. It is most likely a case of suffocation,” he pointed out.
Neighbor Ibro Velagić was the first to suspect that something was wrong: “I got up in the morning and cleaned the snow, and considering that we are the first neighbors, I saw that the snow from his house had fallen in front of the entrance to the house, and it had not been cleared. Since Huso was digging graves and there was a funeral that day, I thought he had gone to dig a grave, and we assumed that the woman was somewhere in the neighborhood. However, in the afternoon we took the situation seriously. First we came to the house, everything was locked. We called them, but no one answered. Then I called the police,” says a visibly shaken Ibro, and continues: “The police came in about ten minutes. We opened the garage door and saw the generator. We entered the next room through the garage. The policeman went first, and I followed him. He was the first to see the scene and told me not to go any further,” Ibro told us.
Neighbors and the whole of Teočak are still in shock. The local imam, Amir ef. Abdulahović, points out that this is a very honest and virtuous family.
“Huso was an extremely hardworking and honest man. He dug graves, went on daily wages, his barn was full of cattle. As far as I know, his son came from Germany and bought a generator, which they connected outside. He allegedly worried that someone might steal it, and put it in the garage,” he told za Drina’s voice Effendija Abdulahović.
(TIP/Photo: Drina’s voice)
