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Attacker dead as 12 killed in a shooting in Montenegro

02 January 2025 14:12 (UTC +04:00)

At least 12 people were killed, including two children, as an armed man went on a shooting rampage after a bar brawl in the western Montenegrin city of Cetinje, APA reports citing Euronews.

A man said to have gone on a shooting spree in the Montenegrin city of Cetinje killed at least 12 people, including two children, and critically injured four others.

Police identified the killer as the 45-year-old Aco Martinović in the attack on Wednesday.

Montenegro’s Interior Minister Danilo Šaranović says Martinović 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, as well as members of his own family after he left the premises.

The suspect committed suicide after the police tracked him down and surrounded him, the country's public prosecutor said.

Authorities say Martinović was at the bar throughout the day with other guests when the brawl broke out. Police Commissioner Lazar Šćepanović says the attacker went home and returned to the bar with a weapon, opening fire at around 5:30 pm.

He killed four people at the bar before heading out and then continued shooting at three more locations, said Šćepanović. "He tried to take the lives of four more people, and then fled with the vehicle he was using, which we have found.”