Montenegro Shooting Kills 10, Including 2 Children, Officials Say

A gunman killed at least 10 people, including two children, after a bar fight in Montenegro on Wednesday, leading to a manhunt and a government declaration of three days of mourning in the small Balkan country, officials said.The shooting took place in the city of Cetinje, about 22 miles west of the capital.Among those killed were the owner of the bar and the bar owner’s children, the interior minister, Danilo Saranovic, said at a news conference.The authorities identified the gunman as a 45-year-old man named Aco Martinovic.

“At this moment, we are focused on arresting him,” Mr.Saranovic said.

Later in the day, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said that the suspect was dead.The new outlet Vijesti reported that he had died from self-inflicted wounds and that the interior minister, Mr.

Saranovic, had confirmed that information.Mr.Spajic said that at least four people had been seriously wounded in the shooting, and that the government would discuss new restrictions on firearms in its aftermath.

“This is a terrible tragedy that has affected us all,” he said.In addition to declaring three days of mourning, the government urged cities to cancel performances and concerts.“Instead of holiday joy,” President Jakov Milatovic said, “we have been gripped by sadness over the loss of innocent lives.”The attack was the second mass shooting in Cetinje in three years.

In 2022, a gunman also killed 10 people, including two children, and then was himself shot by a civilian.Montenegro, which has about 620,000 people, has a high rate of gun ownership.It trails the United States and Yemen but ranks alongside its neighbor Serbia with 39 firearms per 100 people, according to the 2018 Small Arms Survey, a research group based in Geneva.

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