Attacker dead as 12 killed in a shooting attack in Montenegro

At least 12 people killed, including two children, as an armed man goes on a shooting rampage after a bar brawl in the western Montenegrin city of Cetinje, Report informs via Euro News.

Police identified 45-year-old Aco Martinovic as the primary suspect in a Wednesday attack in Cetinje.

The attack claimed the lives of at least 12 people, including two children, and critically injured four others.

Montenegro’s Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic says Martinovic went on a shooting spree after a fight broke out at the bar he was at. Police say he shot and killed the bar owner and his children and even members of his own family.

The suspect committed suicide after the attack, the country's public prosecutor said.

Wednesday’s shooting was the second shooting rampage over a three-year period in Cetinje, Montenegro’s historic capital. In mid-2022, an attacker also killed 10 people, including two children before he was neutralized by a passerby.

The small country, home to approximately 620,000 people is known for its gun culture, with many people owning weapons.