While surrounded by police, a shooter in Montenegro killed himself after killing at least 12 people, including two children, according to officials on Thursday.
Following a bar fight, there was a shooting spree in the western town of Cetinje on Wednesday, which left at least four people injured, according to officials.
According to Interior Minister Danilo Aranovi, the gunman, 45-year-old Aco Martinovi, killed the bar’s owner, the owner’s children, and members of his own family.
After the rampage, the attacker ran, but police eventually found him and encircled him. According to Aranovi, he shot himself in the head and died.
The village is roughly 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of the capital, Podgorica, and police had sent a special team to look for the attacker there. Police have flooded the streets and closed all roads leading into and out of the city.
According to Aranovi, Martinovi passed away due to the severity of his wounds while being transported to a hospital in the capital.
Prime Minister Milojko Spaji called the shooting a horrific tragedy and said that the government will observe three days of national mourning beginning on Thursday.
According to Aranovi, the degree of violence and rage demonstrates that these individuals might occasionally be even more deadly than members of organized crime groups.
Police Commissioner Lazar Epanovi stated that Martinovi and other patrons had been at the pub all day when the altercation broke out. Around 5:30 p.m., he claimed, Martinovi returned home, with a gun, and started shooting.
According to Epanovi, he shot at three more places after killing four people at the bar before leaving.
He claimed that the suspect had challenged his most recent conviction for unlawfully possessing guns and had been given a suspended sentence for violent behavior in 2005. According to Montenegrin media, he was notorious for acting violently and erratically.
Many people in the small nation of Montenegro, which is home to about 620,000 people, have historically owned firearms, making it well-known for its gun culture.
The attack on Wednesday was the second shooting spree in Cetinje, the medieval capital of Montenegro, in the last three years. In August 2022, an assailant in Cetinje killed ten people, including two children, before being shot and killed by a bystander.
The catastrophe, according to President Jakov Milatovi, shocked and astonished him.
In an X post, Milatovic stated, “Instead of holiday joy, we have been gripped by sadness over the loss of innocent lives.”
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