Thousands attend vigil for 12 victims of mass shooting in Montenegro

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Visiting the city of Cetinje on Thursday, PM Milojko Spajić announced a tightening of rules on weapons possession and said the government is considering an outright ban.

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00:00Thousands of people have attended a vigil to remember the 12 victims of a mass shooting

00:07in Montenegro. It happened on Wednesday in the central town of Setinje, when a man started

00:12a shooting rampage after a bar brawl, killing 12 and wounding at least four others. Two

00:19children were among the victims, and the man, named as 45-year-old Arko Matinovic, died

00:24after shooting himself in the head.

00:43The government has declared three days of national mourning, and all planned New Year's

00:47festivities have been cancelled throughout the country. Visiting Setinje on Thursday,

00:53Prime Minister Milojko Spajic announced a tightening of rules on weapons possession.

01:23Montenegro, which has a population of around 620,000, is known for its gun culture, and

01:40many people traditionally have weapons. In August 2022 in Setinje, an attacker killed

01:4610 people, including two children, before he was shot and killed by a passerby. Police

01:52said that Wednesday's shooter received a suspended sentence in 2005 for violent behavior

01:58and had appealed a conviction for illegal weapons possession.

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