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Gunman Kills 11, injures 6 in Horror Shooting Rampage in Montenegro

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A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage after a family dispute, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead in a gun battle with police, Montenegro state TV reported today, quoting police sources.

The city is 22 miles west of Podgorica, the current capital of the small Balkan nation.

RTCG, quoting witnesses, said the attacker was randomly shooting at people walking in the street, including at children.

Four of the wounded were taken to hospital in Cetinje while two others with serious wounds were sent to the Clinical Centre in Podgorica.

The site of the attack was blocked off by police.

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