The attacker from Cetinje, Montenegro, who killed at least ten people on Wednesday, he shot himselfthe local police announced on Thursday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
The police announced earlier that the attacker is 45-year-old Aco Martinovič. Police chief Lazar Ščepanovič said that the police tracked down the perpetrator, surrounded him, and when they ordered him to “put down his weapon, he shot himself in the head”.
“When he saw that he was in a desperate situation, attempted suicide. He did not succumb to his injuries on the spot, but while being transported to the hospital,” said Montenegrin Minister of the Interior Danilo Šaranović, writes Reuters.
The BBC reported that the shooting in the bar it happened after an argument between the visitors. The shooting in the bar claimed four lives, writes Reuters. The shooter subsequently moved to three other locations where he killed at least six other people. Four people suffered life-threatening injuries. Among the victims are two children aged 10 and 13.
According to the statement of the police chief the suspect had consumed alcohol before the attack. After an argument in a bar, he went home, he took a gun and subsequently killed four people in one placefrom where he then escaped.
Police say that a shooter in possession of illegal weaponswrites Reuters. Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajič announced in connection with Wednesday’s attack that tighten the criteria for the possession of firearms. Government in Montenegro from Thursday declared a three-day state mourning.
