A deadly shooting hit Montenegro on Wednesday, killing at least ten people, including two minors. An armed and drunk man sowed terror.
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At least ten people, including two minors, were killed by an armed and drunk man on Wednesday in southern Montenegro, including the owner of a restaurant. The suspect had spent the day there drinking with members of his family.
Contrary to the first information communicated by the police, not all the victims were shot in this restaurant near the town of Cetinje. The suspect, still on the run, is said to have struck in different locations.
The drama began around 4:30 p.m. GMT, when the suspect, born in 1979, “after arguing with a customer with whom he had spent much of the day, and having drunk large quantities of alcohol, returned home, took a gun, and killed four people »indicated the police chief.
He then went “to three other places where he killed the Martinovic family, a member of his own family and two children aged 10 and 13. He tried to kill four other people whose lives are no longer in danger.said Lazar Scepanovic during a press briefing.
This 45-year-old man is wanted by the police and the army who have invited the inhabitants of Cetinje to stay at home.
It is a day of national mourning
In a speech in the evening, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic announced a three-day national mourning, on January 2, 3 and 4.
“We are looking for the culprit and we are on the right path”
-Prime Minister Milojko Spajic
Evoking “a fight in a restaurant, during which weapons were drawn, and which degenerated”Spajic also announced new restrictions to come on gun ownership. “This tragedy raises questions about who can have weapons in Montenegro”he added.
The police assure in their press release that this shooting was not “not the result of a confrontation between groups belonging to organized crime.”
Organized crime and corruption have long plagued Montenegro, and the town of Cetinje has been particularly hard hit in recent months. SAccording to the Small Arms Survey (SAS), a Swiss research program, around 245,000 firearms are in circulation in Montenegro – for a population of 630,000 inhabitants.
“Our thoughts this evening are with the families who have lost loved ones and the residents of Cetinje. All of Montenegro feels and shares your pain. We pray for the recovery of all the injured,” the country’s president, Jakov Milatovic, wrote on X. (tib/ats)
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