Death toll in Montenegro shooting rises to 10

WORLD, Jan. 02 (YPA) – Montenegro’s interior minister said at least 10 people, including two children, were killed in a shooting on Wednesday in the western city of Cetinje.

Speaking at a news conference, Saranovic said the assailant was identified as 45-year-old Aco Martinovic.

Saranovic said Martinovic killed the owner of the bar in the city of Cetinje, the bar owner’s children and his own family members.

“Today, there were fatalities in a shooting carried out by 45-year-old A.M. with a firearm at a bar in Bajice, a district of Cetinje. The assailant left the bar with his weapon and fled the scene,” Montenegrin police said earlier in a statement.

Saranovic said security forces were mobilized to apprehend the attacker, who fled after the incident.

The government has declared a three-day national mourning on Jan. 2-4.

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