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National mourning after mass shooting in Montenegro | |
(32 minutes later) | |
A police checkpoint near the scene of the shooting | A police checkpoint near the scene of the shooting |
A gunman has shot dead at least 10 people, including two children, in southern Montenegro on Wednesday, police say. | |
At least some of the deaths happened inside a restaurant in the Cetinje area following a verbal argument between guests, according to a police official quoted by public broadcaster RTCG. | |
It was later confirmed that the attacker, named as Aleksandar Martinović, had killed himself. | |
The government has declared three days of national mourning from Thursday with Prime Minister Milojko Spajic describing the shooting as a "terrible tragedy". | |
The gunman killed members of his own family, two of the restaurant owner's children and also the owner, according to Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic. | The gunman killed members of his own family, two of the restaurant owner's children and also the owner, according to Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic. |
Mr Saranovic called the incident a "consequence of disturbed interpersonal relations", according to AFP news agency. | Mr Saranovic called the incident a "consequence of disturbed interpersonal relations", according to AFP news agency. |
Four people were in a life-threatening condition in hospital after being seriously wounded in the shooting, the agency reported the prime minister as saying. | |
Martinović, 45, fled the scene of the attack but later killed himself after being surrounded by police who asked him to drop his weapon, a police official said. | |
The man had previously been arrested for weapons possession, Reuters news agency reports. | |
Mass shootings are comparatively rare in the small Balkan nation. | Mass shootings are comparatively rare in the small Balkan nation. |