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

The government has declared three days of national mourning from Thursday, with Prime Minister Milojko Spajic saying the shooting had "shrouded our country in black". Police said the attack began at 17:30 local time (16:30 GMT) when a man - named as Aleksandar Martinović, 45 - opened fire in the restaurant.

A mass shooting in Cetinje, Montenegro, claimed 12 lives before the perpetrator, Aleksandar Aco Martinovic, died from self-inflicted injuries. The tragedy, one of the worst in the nation's history, sparked a national debate on implementing stricter gun control amid its deep-rooted gun culture.

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

Officials in Montenegro say a gunman who fatally shot at least 12 people including two children has killed himself while surrounded by police

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.

A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before turning his gun on himself early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the Balkan nation's worst mass killings.