Attacker dead as 12 killed in a shooting spree in Montenegro

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At least 12 people killed, including two children, as an armed man goes on a shooting rampage after a bar brawl in the western Montenegrin city of Cetinje.

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00:00A gunman who fatally shot at least 12 people, including two children in Montenegro, killed

00:06himself when surrounded by police, according to local authorities.

00:10Authorities in the city of Cetinje say the man went on the spree after a fight broke

00:14out at the bar he was at.

00:16He reportedly killed the bar owner and his children, as well as members of his own family

00:20after he left the premises.

00:22The suspect committed suicide after the police tracked him down and surrounded him, according

00:26to the country's public prosecutor.

00:40The man, identified as 45-year-old Aco Martinovic, was at the bar throughout the day with other

00:45guests when the brawl broke out.

00:48Police say he went home and returned with a weapon, opening fire.

00:52The suspect appears to have had past run-ins with the law, previously being convicted of

00:56violent behaviour and illegal possession of a firearm.

01:00Montenegrin media reports say Martinovic had built up a reputation for violence and erratic

01:05conduct.

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