The gunman who killed at least 10 people, including two children, in a shooting spree in southern Montenegro on Wednesday died after shooting himself in the head, police said.
The murderer was 45 years old
The drama began around 4:30 p.m. GMT in a restaurant in the village of Bajice, near the town of Cetinje. The suspect “after arguing with a customer with whom he had spent a large part of the day, and while he had drunk large quantities of alcohol, returned home, took a weapon and killed four people,” said police chief Lazar Scepanovic.
The 45-year-old killer then went to three other locations where he killed six more people, including a member of his own family, the restaurant owner and his two children, aged 10 and 13. .
“He tried to kill four other people whose lives are no longer in danger“, specified Mr. Scepanovic during a press briefing.
After several hours of tracking by the police and the army, the shooter was located and surrounded. When the officers asked him “to put down his gun, he shot himself in the head,” Mr. Scepanovic said. “An attempt was made to transport him to a hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.“, he clarified.
In a speech in the evening, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic announced a three-day national mourning, from Thursday to Saturday inclusive.
Referring to “a fight in a restaurant, during which weapons were drawn, and which degenerated”, Mr. Spajic also announced new restrictions to come on the possession of firearms.
