An armed man opened fire in a bar in Cetinje, Montenegro, killing at least four and wounding four others. Special troops have been deployed to search for the suspect.
An armed man killed at least four people and wounded four others on Wednesday in the western Montenegrin city of Cetinje, police and local media said. 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. Special troops have been dispatched to search for the attacker in Cetinje, 30 km (18 miles) north-west of the capital, Podgorica.
Police said there were at least four fatalities while the state RTCG television and other Montenegrin media reported that seven people were killed and that the shooting followed a bar brawl. Montenegro’s prime minister, Milojko Spajić, went to the hospital where the wounded were being treated and announced three days of mourning. He also did not specify how many were killed. Montenegro, which has about 620,000 people, is known for its gun culture and many people traditionally have weapons. Wednesday’s shooting was the second weapons rampage over the past three years in Cetinje, Montenegro’s historic capital. An attacker killed 10 people, including two children, in August 2022 before he was shot and killed by a passerby in Cetinje. The RTCG report identified the man as Aco Martinovic, saying he was known for erratic behaviour and had been detained in the past for illegal possession of weapons. The TV channel published the reported suspect’s photo on its website. The report said he went home to get his gun and came back to the bar where he opened fire and killed and wounded several people. He then went to another site where he killed the bar owner’s children and a woman, the report added. Police appealed to residents to remain calm and stay indoors, ruling out a clash between criminal gangs
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