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 protesters gathered in Montenegro on Sunday, January 5, in anger over a mass shooting in which 12 people were killed on New Year’s Day.Vijesti newspaper said demonstrators were demanding the resignations of Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Becic and Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic.

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 shooting has caused shock waves in Montenegro, a small Balkan country on the Adriatic Sea, home to some 620,000 people, that has long had a strong gun culture but relatively f

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.