Montenegro Manhunt Ends with Russian Triple-Murder Suspect Dead
Police said the suspect opened fire on officers before killing himself, ending a search that followed the deaths of three shooting range employees.
- On Tuesday, Russian national Mikhail Nikolaevich Shabunin killed himself after exchanging fire with police in woods near Herceg Novi, ending a manhunt for the shooting range attack.
- Authorities report Shabunin killed three employees at the Ceska Zbrojevka shooting range in Danilovgrad on Monday after visiting the facility days prior to conduct a test shooting.
- Victims identified as Nemanja Kapor, 20, Petar Globarevic, 24, and 67-year-old Momir Radonjic. Shabunin fled the crime scene in one victim's vehicle before traveling toward Herceg Novi.
- Prime Minister Milojko Spajic expressed condolences to victims' families and declared two days of national mourning beginning Tuesday. Police cooperate with the Higher State Prosecutor's Office to determine the motive.
- Officers continue investigating all circumstances and motives behind the incident in Podgorica. Authorities had urged residents to remain indoors during the search for the armed suspect.
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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.
The search for an armed Russian in Montenegro ended early Tuesday morning when the man suspected of killing three people was found dead after a shootout with police, authorities said.
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