‘His face was just white and he couldn’t talk’: Neighbours describe the horror at home where a father discovered two young daughters murdered before their mother is arrested – as the victims are identified
- Tiana Djurasovic, six, and her elder sister Mia, 10, found dead on Friday evening
- Their father Nenad discovered their bodies when he came back home from work
- Milka Djurasovic was later arrested at beach car park with self-inflicted wounds
- Neighbour said girls’ grandparents were inconsolable ‘crying in pain on ground’
Neighbours have described the horrific moment a father discovered his two young daughters had been killed.
The bodies of Tiana Djurasovic, six, and her elder sister Mia, 10, were discovered at the home in Madeley, northern Perth on Friday at about 5.30pm.
Their mother Milka Djurasovic was then arrested at a nearby beach car park in the suburb of Kallaroo three hours later with self-inflicted wounds.
She was still under police guard in hospital on Saturday and has yet to be spoken to over the death of her daughters.
Shocked residents on Bogdanich Way were left in disbelief at the Bosnian family’s tragedy on the suburban street.
The deaths are currently being treated as suspicious and a forensic team will be going over the home for the next few weeks (forensic team at the scene)
Neighbours told The West Australian the girls’ grandparents on their mother’s side were ‘crying out in pain’ while lying on the ground at the scene inconsolable.
One neighbour whose daughter was best friends with Mia said the father Nenad Djurasovic was in a state of shock, having made the discovery on Friday evening.
‘His face was just white. He couldn’t talk. His face was in shock,’ the neighbour said.
Another resident said the news had shocked the tight-knit community and she used to see the two girls jumping on the trampoline outside on her way home.
‘I didn’t know the parents, they just kept to themselves. They didn’t really interact with the other families,’ mother-of-three Geeta Hirani said.
According to WAtoday reports, neighbours called the police after hearing concerning screams coming from the house.
The bodies of Tiana and her elder sister Mia, 10, were discovered at the home in Madeley, northern Perth on Friday at about 5.30pm
One neighbour said the family had lived in the home for more than 20 years, with the father working as an engineer and the mother as a nurse.
Assistant Commissioner Paul Steel said the scene was quite ‘complicated’ and he was not aware as yet exactly who made the call to police.
The deaths are currently being treated as suspicious and a forensic team will be going over the home for the next few weeks.
Police have been outside the home where the bodies were found and the street has been blocked off while investigations are underway.
Assistant Commissioner Steel said inquiries indicate that the family was not known to police.
Investigators gather near the home where the bodies were found. Shocked residents on Bogdanich Way have described their disbelief at the Bosnian family’s tragedy on the suburban street
One neighbour whose daughter was best friends with Mia said the father Nenad Djurasovic was in a state of shock having made the discovery on Friday evening
‘This is a tragic event and our heartfelt condolences go out to the friends and family of the children,’ police said.
‘Heart breaking events like this have an effect not only on those directly involved, the friends and family, but on the wider community of Western Australia.
‘I can assure the people of Western Australia that the WA Police are doing all that they can to investigate this manner and to try and identify what it is that led to these tragic events,’ they said.
The WA Police have asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.