Montenegro Manhunt Ends with Russian Triple-Murder Suspect Dead
Police said the suspect fled in a victim’s vehicle before opening fire on officers and killing himself after a manhunt.
- On Tuesday, a police search for Russian citizen Mikhail Nikolaevich Shabunin ended when he killed himself after exchanging fire with officers near Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
- Shabunin killed three employees at the Ceska Zbrojevka shooting range in Danilovgrad on Monday, having visited the facility in the days prior to conduct test shooting.
- The victims were identified as Nemanja Kapor and Petar Globarevic from Podgorica, and Momir Radonjic, 67, from Danilovgrad; the suspect fled in a vehicle belonging to one of the victims.
- Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic declared two days of national mourning starting Tuesday, as officers located Shabunin in a wooded area above the Topla neighborhood.
- Police and the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica are continuing their investigation to establish the cause and motive of the incident, according to official statements.
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When the police surrounded him, he started shooting at them, then shot himself. No police officers were injured in the shooting. The Montenegrin government declared September 1 and 2 as days of mourning due to the tragedy, and the start of the school year in Danilovgrad was postponed to September 3.
A Russian citizen suspected of killing three people at a shooting range in Danilovgrad, in central Montenegro, committed suicide on Tuesday, after he opened fire on the police when he was found near the coastal town of Herceg Novi, said local authorities, quoted by Balkan Insight.
A large-scale police operation in Montenegro to capture a Russian national suspected of killing three people has ended with his death, authorities announced on Tuesday. According to the Interior Ministry, the suspect, a 30-year-old Russian, is suspected of killing three employees of a shooting range in Danilovgrad, near the capital Podgorica. After several hours of searching, which involved special units and a helicopter, police located the susp…
Three people were murdered in the town of Danilovgrad, Montenegro, by Russian citizen Mikhail Shabunin when he opened fire on Monday at the shooting club "Češka zbrojevka" (Česká zbrojovka), which he regularly frequented. He managed to flee the scene, but later got into a shootout with police and then took his own life. Investigators are still searching for a motive for the bloodshed at the shooting club.
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