The death toll rose the day after a shooting in a restaurant in southern Montenegro on Wednesday January 1. “Twelve people were killed, including two children“, prosecutor Andrijana Nastic told the media, the previous report showing at least ten deaths.
The 45 year old murdererunder the influence of alcohol, shot dead members of his own family around 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. French time) in Bajice, a village near the town of Cetinje, according to police.
The perpetrator of the shooting committed suicide by shooting himself in the head while he was surrounded by police.
Four people were also seriously injured and taken to hospital in the capital, Podgorica. The lives of three of them are still in dangerindicated Health Minister Vojislav Simun.
The victims were killed in five different locations, the first four inside the restaurant, the prosecutor said. “Each location was inspected and evidence was collected,” she said.
“The work of prosecutors and police is ongoing to determine the circumstances in which this took place,” she added. The police ruled out the hypothesis of a “clash between organized criminal groups” and clarified that the weapons used were illegal.
-The government has declared a three-day national mourning starting this Thursday.
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