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National mourning after mass shooting in Montenegro | National mourning after mass shooting in Montenegro |
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Police officers and civil protection units at the crime scene | |
A gunman has shot dead at least 10 people, including two children, in southern Montenegro on Wednesday, police say. | 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. | 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 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 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. | 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. |
The attacker, named as Aleksandar Martinović, 45, fled the scene but later fatally injured himself after being surrounded by police who asked him to drop his weapon, a police official said. | |
Mass shootings are comparatively rare in the small Balkan nation. | Mass shootings are comparatively rare in the small Balkan nation. |