PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — No less than 10 folks, together with two kids, had been killed and 4 others had been severely wounded on Wednesday in a capturing rampage that adopted a bar brawl in a western Montenegrin town, officers stated. The shooter used to be at the run. Police known the attacker as 45-year-old Aco Martinovic. He killed the landlord of the bar within the town of Cetinje, the bar proprietor’s kids and his personal members of the family, Internal Minister Danilo Saranovic stated at a information convention.“At this second, we’re involved in arresting him,” Saranovic advised journalists. Police dispatched particular troops to seek for the attacker in Cetinje, positioned some 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of the capital, Podgorica. All of the roads out and in of the town had been blocked as police swarmed the streets. Saranovic described the suspect as bad and appealed at the citizens to stick indoors.
“The extent of rage and brutality displays that from time to time such folks … are much more bad than contributors of arranged legal gangs,” Saranovic stated. Martinovic used to be on the bar all the way through the day with different visitors when the brawl erupted, stated Police Commissioner Lazar Scepanovic. He stated that Martinovic then went house, brough again a weapon and opened fireplace at round 5:30 p.m.
“He killed 4 folks” on the bar, ahead of heading out after which endured capturing at 3 extra places, stated Scepanovic. “He attempted to take the lives of 4 extra folks, after which fled with the car he used to be the usage of, which we’ve got discovered.”
He stated that the suspect gained a suspended sentence in 2005 for violent habits and has appealed his newest conviction for unlawful ownership of guns. Montenegrin media have reported he used to be identified for erratic and violent habits.Small Montenegro, which has some 620,000 folks, is understood for its gun tradition and many of us historically have guns.
Wednesday’s capturing used to be the second one capturing rampage over the last 3 years in Cetinje, Montenegro’s ancient capital. An attacker additionally killed 10 folks, together with two kids, in August 2022 ahead of he used to be shot and killed by means of a passerby in Cetinje.President Jakov Milatovic stated he used to be “surprised and surprised” by means of the tragedy. “As an alternative of vacation pleasure … we’ve got been gripped by means of unhappiness over the lack of blameless lives,” Milatovic stated at the social media platform X. Top Minister Milojko Spajic went to the medical institution the place the wounded had been being handled and introduced 3 days of mourning. He stated “all police groups” had been out on the lookout for the suspect. “This can be a horrible tragedy that has affected us all,” Spajic stated.
