Projectile event in Cetinje Municipality, Cetinje area, Montenegro on Wed 1st January 2025

Twelve people, including two children, were shot and killed, and four people were injured with a firearm by a 45-year-old man. The perpetrator initiated the attack after a verbal argument in a café, returning with a firearm where he killed four men, aged 60, 70, 39 and 45. At that location, he also injured a woman, aged 41, and two men, aged 42 and 40. To mhe perpetrator then went to another location, where he killed twen, aged 55 and 39, and injured a 38-year-old woman. The perpetrator moved to the home of one of the already-killed victims and killed the victim's parents, aged 70 and 63. At the third location, he killed two boys, aged 14 and 9. He went on to kill his 42-year-old sister at the fourth location and a 52-year-old woman at the fifth location. During the arrest, the perpetrator failed to discard the weapon and shot himself in an attempted suicide. He died in hospital. The police seized a pistol with one round in the chamber and 10 rounds in the magazine. 64 additional bullets and a pistol magazine containing 15 more rounds were found in the perpetrator's clothing clothing. A total of 37 shell casings. 9 bullets, 11 bullet fragments were seized from the crime scenes. The perpetrator had a prior criminal record, including for illegal possession of firearms, which were seized from him. The motives for the case are under investigation.