Several thousand people have participated in street protests in Montenegro. The demonstrators on Sunday demanded the resignations of top security officials over a shooting earlier this week that left 12 people dead including two children.

Thousands of Montenegrins gathered in the town of Cetinje on Sunday to commemorate the 12 victims of a mass shooting last week, with many accusing police of not having done enough to stop the gunman's rampage.

The New Year’s Day shooting shocked a country where gun ownership is widespread. Montenegro’s government began a three-day mourning period Thursday after a gunman opened fire on New Year’s Day — killing 12 people, including two children, across several locations.

A commemoration ceremony was held in the small Montenegrin town of Cetinje on Saturday for the 12 victims of a New Year's day shooting. The ceremony was attended by family members of the victims as well as political and church leaders.

By Stevo Vasiljevic PODGORICA (Reuters) -Hundreds of Montenegrins protested in the capital Podgorica on Friday against what they see as a lack of action by authorities to prevent a mass shooting in which a gunman killed 12 people and seriously wounded four.

A gunman went on a deadly, 30-minute rampage in Montenegro on New Year’s Day, killing 12 people in the small Balkan nation, including two children and the shooter's own sister, authorities said. The shooter,

A top-level meeting in Montenegro on Friday looked for ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman fatally shot 12 people in a second such tragedy in less than three years in the small Balkan country.