Montenegro discusses ways to curb illegal weapons after mass killings that left 12 dead!
A high-level meeting in Montenegro has begun looking at ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman shot and killed 12 people in the second such tragedy in less than three years in the small Balkan country. An emergency session of Montenegro's National Security Council is expected to demand a new gun law and urgent action to confiscate what are believed to be abundant illegal weapons in the possession of 620,000 Montenegrin citizens.
The Adriatic Sea nation has a deep-rooted gun culture. State television RTCG reported that Montenegro ranks sixth in the world in terms of the number of illegal weapons per capita. The gunman who killed a dozen people in a rampage in the western city of Cetinje on Wednesday did so with an illegal 9mm handgun.
Police said they found 37 shell casings at the shooting locations and more than 80 other pieces of ammunition in the gunman's possession. The 45-year-old, identified as Aco Martinović, eventually shot himself in the head and died shortly afterwards.
He is believed to have snapped after a bar fight and went home to retrieve his gun before going on a bloody rampage at several locations late on Wednesday afternoon. Martinovic's victims included seven men, three women, among them his sister and two children. Four other people were seriously injured and are in hospital.
Police Commissioner Lazar Shqepanovic described the shooting as "one of the biggest tragedies in the history of Montenegro". It has fueled concerns about the level of violence in Montenegrin society, which is politically divided. It also raised questions about the readiness of state institutions to tackle problems including gun ownership.
Hundreds of people across Montenegro lit candles in silence Thursday night in memory of the victims, while also demanding answers as to why the shooting happened in the first place. Many were angry at the authorities for not doing more to prevent such tragedies. About 200 people protested outside the government headquarters in Podgorica on Friday, demanding the resignation of top security officials over the tragedy and chanting "murderers".
In a separate massacre in August 2022, an attacker killed 10 people, including two children, before being shot and killed by a bystander in Cetinje, which is the historic capital of Montenegro and is located about 30 kilometers northwest of the capital , Podgorica.
The shooting "requires a serious examination of the accountability and preparedness of the security system," the groups Human Rights Action and the Women's Rights Center said in a statement. "What has changed in the security system in Cetinje since 2022?"
Police have said that Martinovic's actions were not planned and were impossible to predict and prevent, although he had previous convictions for violent behavior and illegal possession of a weapon and had received psychiatric treatment.
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