Cetinje

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev underscored the importance of the newly convened parliament during a joint press conference with Montenegro's President, Jakov Milatovic. Radev highlighted that in a parliamentary system, the effective functioning of parliament is paramount, emphasizing his decision to convene it promptly.

It all started this morning, in front of the assembly building in Cetinje, where the spring session of the Parliament of Montenegro is being held today, when supporters of the opposition DPS gathered, protesting the arrival of Andrija Mandi, the president of the Assembly.

Montenegro's newly-elected president Jakov Milatovic (centre) celebrates the electoral results in Podgorica. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC

"A significant number of citizens in Cetinje do not approve of Milatovic's politics so he could have inconveniences during the inauguration," Adzic told a parliamentary defence and security committee hearing.

By order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), Boovi was arrested in his family home in the center of Budva.
According to the knowledge of Vijesti, the arrests commenced this morning at 4 a.m. in Budva, Cetinje and Podgorica.

French ambassador in Montenegro Christain Thimonier (M) and PM Dritan Abazovic (L) in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro

The police response to the worst ever mass shooting in Montenegro faced fierce scrutiny on Tuesday amid criticism about its speed and effectiveness.

Eleven people, including two children, died on Friday when a man identified as 34-year-old Vuk Borilovic opened fire on relatives and neighbours in the old royal capital, Cetinje. Borilovic was among the eleven killed.

The President of the International Police Organization of Montenegro, Ivan Peki, says that after the tragedy in Cetinje, it would be normal for the Director of the Police Administration, Zoran Brdjanin, and the Minister of Internal Affairs, Filip Adi, to resign.

Ten victims were buried at the Cetinje city cemetery, in Bajice, Gradac and Ljubotinje. Today, the residents of Cetinje saw off Nataa Martinovi (35) and her two minor sons Maan (11) and Marko (8) to their eternal rest, and the column in front of the city chapel did not seem to end for hours.

Ljubljana – Slovenian PM Robert Golob has strongly condemned the shooting spree in Montenegro which killed eleven people in Cetinje on Friday. He took to Twitter last evening to express his condolences to the relatives of the victims and to his Montenegrin counterpart Dritan Abazović.

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: