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A gunman killed at least four people and injured four others in the west on Wednesday Montenegrin city of Cetinjesaid police and local media. The shooter was on the run.
Police sent special forces to search for the attacker in Cetinje, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of the capital Podgorica. A statement said the man opened fire in a bar and fled the scene armed. Police identified him only by his initials AM and said he was 45 years old.
Police said there were at least four dead, while state RTCG television and other Montenegrin media reported that seven people were killed and that the shooting followed a bar fight.
Montenegro’s Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic said “a number of people were killed,” including the bar owner and his family members, as well as the shooter’s family members — but did not give a definitive death toll.
President Jakov Milatovic said he was “shocked and dismayed” by the tragedy. “Instead of holiday joy … we are gripped by sadness over the loss of innocent lives,” Milatovic said on the X social media platform.
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Prime Minister Milojko Spajic went to the hospital where the wounded were being treated and announced three days of mourning, without specifying how many were killed.
“This is a terrible tragedy that has affected us all,” Spajic said. “All police teams are out.”
Small Montenegro, which has about 620,000 people, is known for gun culture and many people traditionally carry weapons.
Wednesday’s shooting was the second shooting rampage in the past three years in Cetinje, Montenegro’s historic capital. An attacker killed 10 people, including two children, in August 2022 before being shot and killed by a passerby in Cetinje.
The RTCG report identified the man as Aco Martinovic, and said he was known for erratic behavior and had been arrested in the past for illegal possession of weapons. The TV published the picture of the suspect on its website.
The report said he went home to get his gun and returned to the bar where he opened fire, killing and wounding several people. He then went to another site where he killed the bar owner’s children and a woman, the report added.
Police urged residents to remain calm and stay indoors, ruling out a clash between criminal gangs.
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