The 45-year-old gunman had been drinking all day when he got into a fight at a restaurant, which led to the rampage, authorities said.

A gunman who shot dead at least 12 people, including two children, in Montenegro has killed himself while surrounded by police. At least four others were injured in the shooting in the western town of Cetinje on Wednesday that followed a bar brawl,

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic called the rampage a "terrible tragedy" and declared three days of national mourning.

Podgorica, Montenegro – At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and four others were seriously wounded on Wednesday in a shooting rampage that followed a bar brawl in a western Montenegrin city, officials said. The shooter was on the run.

A man killed 12 people including two children in a shooting rampage in Montenegro before turning the gun on himself.

A gunman has killed 12 people, including two children, in a series of shootings in southern Montenegro. Authorities said the man - later identified as Aco Martinovic, 45 - had been drinking heavily all day when got into an altercation with another guest at a restaurant in the Cetinje area around 17.30 (16.30 GMT) on New Year's Day.

Residents of the Montenegrin town of Cetinje woke up on Friday to see a number of obituaries posted across street walls and posts for those killed in a New Year's day shooting.