Montenegro: This is the drunk 45-year-old who killed 12 people and then committed suicide

Under the influence was the 45-year-old, who scattered death in killing at least 12 people. Among the victims of the man in southern Montenegro who had consumed a large amount of alcohol are two children, and there are four injured. 45-year-old Ako Martinovich then shot himself in the head when he was surrounded by police officers. CORVERSE The tragedy began to unfold late yesterday (01.01.2020) in the afternoon, around 18:30 (Greece time), in a restaurant in the village of Bice, near the town of Chetinje. A man who spoke with “a client with whom he had spent much of the day” and “after having consumed a large amount of alcohol”, returned “his house, took a gun”, went back to the store and “killed four people,” Montenegrin police chief Lazar Stsepanovic said. Then the perpetrator went to three more locations, where he killed other people among them a member of his own family, the restaurant owner and the latter’s two children, 10 and 13. “He tried to kill four more people whose lives are no longer in danger,” added Mr. Stsepanovic during a press conference. CORVERSE After a long time of police hunt and army mobilisation, the gunman was spotted and surrounded. When police officers ordered him to “put down the gun, he shot himself in the head,” police chief Stsepanovic told. “We tried to escort him to a hospital, but he succumbed,” he added. The first information indicates that personal enmity was the motive. Martinovic had previously been arrested for illegal possession of weapons. The Montenegrin government is expected to declare a three-day mourning. In a speech last night, Prime Minister Miloko Spajić announced that a three-day national mourning is declared, from Thursday (01.01.2025) to the day after Saturday. Two children are among 10 people killed after a gunman opened fire in western Montenegro following a bar brawl, police and a government official Said — Sky News (@SkyNews) Referring to “a fight in a restaurant” that “enlarged” and led to gun use, Mr. Spajic also announced that new restrictions on the gun ownership would be imposed in Montenegro. “This tragedy makes us wonder who can bring weapons to Montenegro”, noted ALERTE – Une vient d’avoir lieu dans un restaurant au Au moins 7 morts, dont deux enfants. L’agresseur est en fuite. (témoins/afp) — Actu React Info (@act_info) “Our thoughts are found in the families who lost their members and the inhabitants of Chetinje. All of Montenegro feels and shares your pain. We pray for the rapid recovery of the wounded,” Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic also said via X. Near the traditional restaurant where the tragedy began, the police prevented anyone from approaching yesterday. Tens of men, police vehicles, and at least one ambulance behind the bars they had set up, found a reporter from the French Agency. Authorities have assured that the massacre was not “a result of a confrontation between organised crime groups”. Gang action and corruption have been affecting Montenegro for years now, especially Cetinje, which has been tested in recent months. In June, two people were killed and three others were injured in an explosion. They were gang members, according to the police. The wounded were two other alleged gang members and passing through. After the explosion, the government pledged to fight organised crime. However, in late September, another member of the Mafia’s “family” was murdered in Chetinje, once a royal capital. The method followed left no doubt that it was a professional hitman’s job: he was killed by a sniper while sitting in his garden. According to data collected by the Swiss research program Small Arms Survey, at least 245,000 firearms are released in Montenegro, while the country’s population, previously part of the former Yugoslavia, is around 630,000 inhabitants.