A gunman killed 12 people, including two children, in a village restaurant in southern Montenegro before being killed in a shootout with police.
Police officers stand guard at a check point on the outskirts of Cetinje, on January 1, 2025, after a gunman killed several people in the nearby village of Bajice. A gunman killed several people on January 1, 2025 in a village restaurant in southern Montenegro , near the town of Cetinje, the prime minister said, confirming a police statement reported by state broadcaster RTCG. A terrible tragedy has struck all of us in Cetinje, in the village of Bajice near Cetinje” Milojko Spajic told RTCG.
- SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP: Montenegro began three days of national mourning Thursday after a gunman went on a rampage after opening fire at a village restaurant, killing 12 people including two children. “Twelve people were killed, of whom two were children,“ prosecutor Andrijana Nastic told reporters in the southern town of Cetinje, raising the previous toll of at least 10 from Wednesday’s attack. The 45-year-old gunman died after shooting himself in the head when he was surrounded after an hours-long manhunt, police said early Thursday. The killing spree started around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) in Bajice, a village near Cetinje, according to police. The victims were killed at five different locations, with the first four in the restaurant, the prosecutor said.Four people were also seriously injured and transported to a hospital in the capital, Podgorica. On Thursday morning, three remained in critical condition including one, who sustained a head injury, in extremely critical condition, hospital head Aleksandar Radovic told reporters. The streets of Cetinje and Bajice were deserted on Thursday morning, and a police patrol was stationed in front of the gunman’s house at the entry to the village, according to an AFP photographer.“A terrible tragedy has struck all of us in Cetinje, in the village of Bajice,“ Prime Minister Milojko Spajic told state broadcaster RTC
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