CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — A gentleman went on a capturing rampage in the streets of this western Montenegro metropolis Friday, killing 10 people today, such as two youngsters, in advance of becoming shot useless by a passerby, officials claimed.

Montenegrin police chief Zoran Brdjanin mentioned in a video assertion shared with media that attacker was a 34-year-aged male he determined only by his initials, V.B.

Brdjanin reported the person employed a hunting rifle to 1st shoot to demise two children ages 8 and 11 and their mom, who lived as tenants in the attacker’s residence in Cetinje’s Medovina community.

The shooter then walked into the street and randomly shot 13 a lot more people today, 7 of them fatally, the main said.

“At the minute, it is unclear what provoked V.B. to dedicate this atrocious act,” Brdjanin explained.

Andrijana Nastic, the prosecutor coordinating the crime scene investigation, advised journalists that the gunman was killed by a passerby and that a law enforcement officer was amid the wounded. She said nine of these killed died at the scene and two died at a healthcare facility wherever they were taken for surgery.

Cetinje, the seat of Montenegro’s former royal governing administration, is 36 kilometers (22 miles) west of Podogrica, the recent capital of the tiny Balkan country.

Key Minister Dritan Abazovic wrote on his Telegram channel that the incident was “an unprecedented tragedy” and urged the nation “to be, in their feelings, with the families of the harmless victims, their relations, good friends and all the individuals of Cetinje.”

President Milo Djukanovic said on Twitter that he was “deeply moved by the information of the horrible tragedy” in Cetinje, contacting for “solidarity” with the families who lost liked-ones in the incident.

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