Unidentified attackers broke into the home of the Jozic family after they returned from abroad for Easter. Martin Jozic died in hospital in Tuzla as a result of severe beating and his wife Janja suffered serious injuries, police said.
The Deputy Mayor of Brcko, Ante Domic, called an emergency meeting of the Brcko District government, which ordered the police to take the necessary action to identify the perpetrators and to protect Croat returnees.
Brcko is a Serb-majority town with a small Croat community. It has special administrative status and does not belong to either of the two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.