At around 17:30
CET (
UTC+01:00) on 1 January 2025, a brawl erupted inside a bar in Cetinje. After the fight, a man identified as 45-year-old Aco Martinović () (Born 1979) left the scene and returned to his home to get his gun. Martinović returned to the restaurant and opened fire, killing four men and seriously wounding four others in Kafić Velestovo (Velestovo Tavern),
Velestovo, Cetinje. He then moved to another location, killing four more people. He escaped again and moved to two more locations, where he killed two children and two adults. Some of the dead included the owner of the bar and his two children, who were aged 8 and 13. the suspect shot himself in the head near his home, in the Cetinje suburb of
Humci, and died while being transported to a hospital on the morning of 2 January. Several of the victims were transported to a hospital in
Podgorica, with four in critical condition. Martinović had been detained in the past for possession of illegal firearms, as well as domestic violence. He had also received a suspended sentence in 2005 for violent behaviour. Police recovered a
9mm gun, 37 casings, and 80 additional rounds of ammunition from the gunman at the scene. ==Victims==