In Cetinje, Montenegro, tributes were held today for the 12 people who were killed during a shooting attack on New Year’s Day.
Photographs of the victims were displayed in the municipal building, and the tributes were attended by their relatives and Montenegrin officials.
On Friday, Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić announced a new draft law that tightens measures on gun ownership.
Spajić announced that individuals who hold legal firearms will undergo background checks and psychological evaluations, while also warning of severe penalties for those who possess firearms illegally.
The victims of the attack in the western city of Cetinje were seven men, three women, and two children, born in 2011 and 2016.
The police said that the perpetrator, identified as Aco Martinović, is believed to have shot himself in the head and died.
Four other people who were seriously injured are still receiving hospital treatment.
Montenegro has a deeply rooted culture of gun ownership.
State television RTCG reported that Montenegro ranks sixth in the world in terms of the number of illegal firearms per capita. /VOA
