Government declared three days of national mourning
Twelve people, including two children, were killed by a gunman who entered a bar in the city of Cetinje, in southern Montenegro, prosecutor Andrijana Nastic said in a new statement.
“Twelve people were killed, including two children,” prosecutor Andrijana Nastic told the media.
A previous assessment by authorities pointed to at least 10 fatalities in the shooting.
The gunman in the shooting, which occurred on Wednesday, shot himself in the head while surrounded by police, according to police authorities.
At least four people were injured in the shooting in the city of Cetinje that followed a bar fight, authorities said.
“The shooter, identified as 45-year-old Aco Martinović, killed the bar owner, the bar owner’s children and his own family members,” said Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović.
Šaranović said Martinović died while being taken to a hospital in the capital and succumbed due to the “severity of his injuries”.
The government declared three days of national mourning on Thursday, with Prime Minister Milojko Spajić describing the shooting as a “terrible tragedy”.
The public channel RTCG identified the perpetrator of the attack, describing him as someone known for erratic behavior and previous arrests for illegal possession of weapons.
In 2022, also in Cetinje, a man killed 10 people, including two children, before being shot by a passerby.
