Montenegro has begun three days of national mourning for the victims of a mass shooting in the western city of Cetinje’s Medovina neighbourhood.
Key points:
- Two children and their mother were the first three fatalities in the attack
- Montenegro’s Prime Minister, Dritan Abazovic, declares a three-day mourning period
- The shooter’s motive is still unknown
Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic declared the beginning of the period on Saturday, a day after 10 people, including two children, were killed in a daylight attack by a 34-year-old gunman who police said had recently exhibited a “change in behaviour”.
The attacker used a hunting rifle to first fatally shoot two siblings, 8 and 11, and their mother, who lived as tenants in his house.
He then walked to the street and randomly shot 13 more people, seven of them fatally. The gunman was shot dead later after a gun battle with police.
Police investigating the rampage issued a statement on Saturday, local time, saying it was still unclear what motivated the gunman, who has been identified only by his initials, VB.
However, they said people close to the attacker said he had recently started exhibiting a “change in behaviour, but nothing that indicated he could commit such a crime”.
While the attacker had an appointment to see a mental health care specialist, he went on the rampage prior to that.
The police statement also said the law enforcement officers sent to the scene came under fire from the attacker and responded by firing at him at least 20 times and seriously injuring him.
“It is still being investigated if he died as the result of the serious injury [by police] or as the result of being shot at by a local citizen,” the statement said.
The prosecutor coordinating the investigation, Andrijana Nastic, told journalists on Friday that the gunman was killed by a passer-by and that a police officer was among the wounded.
She said nine of those killed died at the scene and two died at a hospital.
Witnesses of the attack were struggling on Saturday to come to terms with the carnage.
They described scenes of chaos and horror as the gunman unleashed his fury on innocent people just going about their daily business on a warm summer afternoon.
“You could hear women crying, people shouting in panic that a man has a weapon and is indiscriminately shooting around. I heard gunshots,” witness Milena Stanojevic said.
“I’ve seen a lot of crying, tears and sadness and today, silence and disbelief.”
Cetinje — a city of 17,000 people and the seat of Montenegro’s former royal government — is 36 kilometres west of Podogrica, the current capital of the small Balkan nation.
Four of the wounded were transferred to the Clinical Centre in Podgorica for surgery and were still in intensive care on Saturday, according to its chief neurosurgeon, Dr Ivan Terzic.
Two other victims suffered less-severe injuries and were recovering at a hospital in Cetinje.
AP
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