Police forensic team inspect the house where a gunman started a mass shooting in which 12 people, including the gunman, were killed, according to local media reports, in Cetinje, Montenegro August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic
Twelve people including a gunman were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, according to local media reports, while another six were injured.
Police at the scene in the western Montenegrin city of Cetinje declined to comment on the incident.
The media reports said a man from Cetinje had opened fire at random in his neighbourhood after a family dispute, killing 11 people and injuring six others.
Rescue personnel talks to citizens at the crime scene of a mass shooting in which 12 people, including the gunman, were killed, according to local media reports, in Cetinje, Montenegro August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic
The man was later shot by police, the reports said, adding that one police officer was among the wounded.
Montenegro's interior ministry said it would not comment on the shooting ahead of a news briefing due to be held on Friday evening.
Relatives of victims wait in front of a city hospital after a mass shooting in which 12 people, including the gunman, were killed, according to local media reports, in Cetinje, Montenegro August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic
(Reporting by Ivana Sekularac; Editing by Alexander Smith)
A relative of a victim talks on the phone in front of a city hospital after a mass shooting in which 12 people, including the gunman, were killed, according to local media reports, in Cetinje, Montenegro August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stevo VasiljevicAn ambulance car leaves the crime scene of a shooting in which 12 people, including the gunman, were killed, according to local media reports, in Cetinje, Montenegro August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stevo VasiljevicRescue personnel walks near the crime scene where 12 people, including a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting, according to local media reports, in Cetinje, Montenegro August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stevo VasiljevicPolice commander arrives at the crime scene where 12 people, including the gunman, were killed in a mass shooting, according to local media reports, in Cetinje, Montenegro August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic
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