Podgorica, Montenegro Reuters —A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. He then shot dead eight people, including two children, at three other locations, prosecutor Andrijana Nastic said. The incident is the second shooting in three years in the same town 38 km (24 miles) west of the capital Podgorica. After an altercation with patrons in the restaurant he went home, took a weapon, returned to the restaurant and started shooting, police said. Despite strict gun laws, the Western Balkans composed of Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia, remain awash with weapons.

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Persons: Montenegro Reuters —, Andrijana Nastic, Martinovic, Danilo Saranovic, “, ” Saranovic, Aleksandar Radovic, Milojko Spajic, ”, Jakov Milatovic, Spajic Organizations: Montenegro Reuters, Martinovic, Police, Montenegrin Locations: Podgorica, Montenegro, Cetinje, Balkans, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia