PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Campaign for President, November 2

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Campaign for President, November 2

2024-11-03 21:09 Last Updated At：21:11

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, appears on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," with Maya Rudolph, left, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in New York. Harris has made an unannounced trip to New York to appear briefly stepping away from the battleground states she's been campaigning in with just three days to go before the election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appears on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," with Maya Rudolph, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris hands out sample ballots as cars arrive for early voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mother of three, Antonette Richards, listens to OB-GYN Liz Etkin-Kramer, reflected right, as doctors canvas homes in support of Florida's Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A county worker handles ballots in a scanning machine at a tabulating area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

County workers sort through ballots in the extraction and inspection area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A county worker carries a box in the extraction and inspection area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A county worker carries a folder of ballots in the extraction and inspection area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Marji Roy, foreground right, of Ashford, Conn., holds signs during the National Women's March, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Donald Trump Jr. motions on stage with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump autographs a plane before he speaks at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Salem Va., Saturday, Nov 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Supporters wait for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump to arrive for a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Demonstrator hold up their banner as they march to the White House during the Women's March rally in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Rev. Franklin Graham speaks and gives the invocation before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Greensboro, NC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Supports for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump show their support before Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Greensboro, NC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A supporter of former President Donald Trump cheers on Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake as the crowd waits for vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, to speak at a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, bottom right, greets young supporters after speaking during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, pictured through bullet-resistant glass, arrives to speak during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A supporter reacts as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Young supporters listen as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supporters cheer as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris walks to board Air Force Two at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, en route to Charlotte, N.C.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris departs after speaking during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., arrives to speak at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Supporters watch as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supporters react as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, appears on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," with Maya Rudolph, left, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in New York. Harris has made an unannounced trip to New York to appear briefly stepping away from the battleground states she's been campaigning in with just three days to go before the election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appears on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," with Maya Rudolph, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris hands out sample ballots as cars arrive for early voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mother of three, Antonette Richards, listens to OB-GYN Liz Etkin-Kramer, reflected right, as doctors canvas homes in support of Florida's Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A county worker handles ballots in a scanning machine at a tabulating area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

County workers sort through ballots in the extraction and inspection area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A county worker carries a box in the extraction and inspection area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A county worker carries a folder of ballots in the extraction and inspection area at the Clark County Election Department, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Marji Roy, foreground right, of Ashford, Conn., holds signs during the National Women's March, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Donald Trump Jr. motions on stage with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump autographs a plane before he speaks at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Salem Va., Saturday, Nov 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Supporters wait for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump to arrive for a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Demonstrator hold up their banner as they march to the White House during the Women's March rally in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Rev. Franklin Graham speaks and gives the invocation before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Greensboro, NC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Supports for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump show their support before Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Greensboro, NC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A supporter of former President Donald Trump cheers on Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake as the crowd waits for vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, to speak at a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, bottom right, greets young supporters after speaking during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, pictured through bullet-resistant glass, arrives to speak during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A supporter reacts as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Young supporters listen as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supporters cheer as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris walks to board Air Force Two at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, en route to Charlotte, N.C.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris departs after speaking during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., arrives to speak at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Supporters watch as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supporters react as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Montenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people before shooting himself

2025-01-03 03:07 Last Updated At：03:11

CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — Shock and dismay prevailed in Montenegro on Thursday after a gunman fatally shot 12 people, including two children, in a western town before killing himself.

At least four others were wounded in the shooting rampage in Cetinje on Wednesday that followed a bar brawl, officials said. This was the second such incident in the town in the past three years.

Hundreds gathered on Thursday evening at the main square in Cetinje for a candlelight vigil in the memory of the victims.

Police Commissioner Lazar Šćepanović described Wednesday’s shooting as “one of the biggest tragedies in the history of Montenegro.”

He said at a news conference that the victims included seven men, three women and two children, born in 2011 and 2016.

“Most of the victims were people he knew, his closest friends and relatives,” including the shooter’s sister, Šćepanović said. “This criminal act wasn’t planned or organized. It was unpredictable.”

The shooter, identified as 45-year-old Aco Martinović, killed the owner of the bar, the bar owner's children and his own family members, officials have said.

The attacker, who first fled after the rampage, was later located and surrounded by police. He died after shooting himself in the head, police said.

Residents of Cetinje, a town of some 17,000 people, were stunned and grief-stricken.

"I knew all of these people personally, also the attacker. I think when he did that, he was out of his mind," said Vesko Milošević, a retiree from Cetnje. "What do I know, he went from place to place and killed people. Its a catastrophe.”

Vanja Popović, whose relatives are among the victims, said that “we are all in shock.”

“How can I feel after this?" Popović said. "No one expected it. You can’t even ask anyone anything.”

Police had dispatched a special unit to search for the attacker in the town, which is located about 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of Podgorica, the country's capital. All roads in and out of Cetinje were blocked for hours as police swarmed the streets.

Police said that the shooter had died while being taken to a hospital in the capital and succumbed from the “severity of his injuries.”

Officials have said that the attacker was at the bar throughout the day with other guests when the brawl erupted. He then went home, brought back a weapon and opened fire at around 5:30 p.m.

Prosecutor Andrijana Nastić said Thursday that the attacker went to six locations during the shooting rampage, including the last one, where he shot himself.

Four men were killed at the bar, she said. The shooter then moved on to another location where he killed four more people, and then two children at a third site. He then went on to kill two more people at two other locations before eventually shooting himself, Nastić said.

“Further investigation will determine the exact circumstances of the events,” she added.

The government has declared three days of national mourning starting on Thursday, and all planned New Year's festivities have been canceled throughout the country.

Prime Minister Milojko Spajić said that the government may try to impose a total ban on weapons “because we must ask ourselves after this who should be allowed to have guns in Montenegro.”

The small Adriatic Sea nation, which has a population of around 620,000 people, is known for its gun culture and many people traditionally have weapons.

In August 2022 in Cetinje, which is Montenegro’s historic capital, an attacker killed 10 people, including two children, before he was shot and killed by a passerby.

Police have said that the suspect in Wednesday's shooting received a suspended sentence in 2005 for violent behavior and had appealed his latest conviction for illegal weapons possession. Montenegrin media have reported that he was known for erratic and violent behavior.

“Instead of holiday joy ... we have been gripped by sadness over the loss of innocent lives,” Montenegro's President Jakov Milatović said in a post on X.

Associated Press writers Jovana Gec and Dušan Stojanović contributed to this report from Belgrade, Serbia.