Chase after mass shooting leaves ten dead, including children

A gunman killed at least 10 people, including two children, in southern Montenegro and is still at large, police said.

At least some of the deaths occurred at a restaurant in the Cetinje area before the suspect moved on to other locations.

A verbal dispute between the guests preceded the shooting, a police official was quoted as saying by public broadcaster RTCG.

Prime Minister Milojko Spaic described the shooting as a “terrible tragedy” and his government declared three days of national mourning starting Thursday.

The shooter killed members of his own family, two of the restaurant owner’s children, and also the owner, according to Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic.

Mr Saranovic called the incident “a consequence of broken interpersonal relations”, according to the AFP news agency.

Four people are in critical condition in hospital after being seriously injured in the shooting, the agency reported the words of the prime minister.

The suspect has already been arrested for possession of a weapon, Reuters reports.

Mass shootings are relatively rare in the small Balkan country.