Gunman kills 11 in street rampage before being shot dead by police in Montenegro: "Unprecedented tragedy"

A person in Montenegro went on a capturing rampage Friday, killing 11 folks on the streets of a metropolis earlier than being shot useless, Montenegro state TV reported, quoting police sources.

State TV RTCG mentioned the 34-year-old gunman wounded one other six folks, together with a policeman, within the metropolis of Cetinje's Medovina neighborhood, which is close to the seat of the previous royal authorities. Town is 22 miles west of Podogrica, the present capital of the small Balkan nation.

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Firefighters stand by a physique on the positioning of the assault in Cetinje, some 30 km west of Podgorica, Montenegro, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, after a mass capturing.

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RTCG, quoting witnesses, mentioned the attacker was randomly capturing at folks strolling on the street, together with at kids. 4 of the wounded have been transferred to a hospital in Cetinje whereas two others with critical wounds have been despatched to the Scientific Middle in Podgorica, it mentioned.

RTCG quoted police sources as saying that the assault got here after a household dispute, however gave no additional particulars. Police nonetheless haven't issued an official assertion concerning the assault however have blocked off the positioning.

Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic wrote on his Telegram channel that there had been "an unprecedented tragedy" in Cetinje, calling on the nation "to be, of their ideas, with the households of the harmless victims, their family members, associates and all of the folks of Cetinje."

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