Montenegro Shooting Kills 12, Including 2 Children, Officials Say

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Montenegro Shooting Kills 12, Including 2 Children, Officials Say

A gunman killed at least 12 people, including two children, after a bar fight in Montenegro on Wednesday, leading to a manhunt and a government declaration of three days of mourning in the small Balkan country, officials said.

The shooting took place in the city of Cetinje, about 22 miles west of the capital. Among those killed were the owner of the bar and the bar owner’s children, the interior minister, Danilo Saranovic, said at a news conference.

The authorities identified the gunman as a 45-year-old man named Aco Martinovic, and Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said later on Wednesday that the suspect was dead.

The

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

that he had died from self-inflicted wounds and that the interior minister, Mr. Saranovic, had confirmed that information.

Mr. Spajic said that at least four people had been seriously wounded in the shooting, and that the government would discuss new restrictions on firearms in its aftermath. “This is a terrible tragedy that has affected us all,” he said.

In addition to declaring three days of mourning, the government urged cities to cancel performances and concerts. “Instead of holiday joy,” President Jakov Milatovic

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, “we have been gripped by sadness over the loss of innocent lives.”

The attack was the second mass shooting in Cetinje in three years. In 2022, a gunman killed 10 people, including two children, before being shot by a civilian.

Montenegro, whose population is about 620,000, has a high rate of gun ownership. It trails the United States and Yemen but ranks alongside its neighbor Serbia with 39 firearms per 100 people, according to the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, a research group based in Geneva.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Montenegro #Shooting #Kills #Including #Children #Officials

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up