The first statement by the Montenegrin police after the Cetinje massacre

Government of Montenegro has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of a mass shooting in town of Cetinje that has shattered the community.
We transmit the police statement in its entirety:
"Yesterday, on August 12, 2022, at around 3:30 p.m., emergency service of Cetinje Police Department was informed by several citizens that a firearm had been used in the Medovina settlement.
Also, on the basis of the reconnaissance actions carried out so far, including the statements, that is, the information collected, it follows that around 3:30 pm V.B. (34) had a telephone conversation with another person, whose identity we will not disclose for the time being, for reasons of protection of the injured parties and witnesses, and in which, among other things, he announced that he had taken the life of the family that lived with him in his house, i.e. two minors children.
This conversation was preceded by another conversation about the content and identity of the persons, for the time being, for the same reasons, we will not declare, but which confirm the previous allegations. Police officers on duty were immediately dispatched to the scene. When they arrived, near the Medovina settlement, they heard gunshots, screams and noise from the locals.
At the same time, seeing them, the suspect V.B. used a firearm against the police officers who, due to the fulfillment of the legal requirements, retaliated by using a firearm in order to disable the assailant. At that time, about 20 projectiles were fired by the police officers in the direction of the perpetrator of the serious crime.
During the exchange of fire in this incident, an officer of the Police Department was wounded in the head. The measures and actions carried out so far...

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