12 killed in Montenegro shooting: Government considers total gun ban
Photo: Montenegro not ruling out gun ban after deadly bar shooting (Getty Images)
A shooting at a bar in Montenegro has resulted in 12 deaths. The country's authorities are considering a complete ban on weapons, the news agency Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
"We will consider a complete ban on carrying weapons," said Prime Minister of Montenegro Milojko Spajić.
12 victims in bar shooting
According to the reports, 12 people, including two children, were killed in Cetinje, and four others were injured.
The victims were killed in five locations: four people in the first and second locations, two children in the third, and one person in the fourth and fifth locations.
The suspect in the deadly shooting, Aco Martinović, attempted to take his own life. He died while being transported to the hospital.
Minister of Internal Affairs of Montenegro Danilo Šaranović stated that the motives are unknown, as Martinović had killed his friends and godfathers.
In 2005, Martinović was sentenced to one year of conditional imprisonment for violent behavior, but he was not considered a person of interest, the Minister added.
The Minister of Internal Affairs noted that in 2022, authorities found weapons and explosives in Martinović's possession, for which he was sentenced to three months in prison.
Shooting in Montenegro
As reported earlier, on Wednesday, January 1, a man opened fire in a bar in the center of Cetinje, Montenegro, and then went outside and started shooting at passersby. As a result, there were killed and injured victims.
