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| - Police in Greece on Monday were investigating the fatal shooting of two men identified by Serbian media as victims of a bloody six-year feud between Montenegrin crime factions. The two men, whose details have not been officially released, were gunned down on Sunday while dining with their wives and children at a restaurant near Athens. "They were shot in the head...as they sat eating with their families," a bystander told Open TV. Police reportedly collected over 20 bullet casings from the scene. One of the women at the table was shot in the leg but is not in danger, Greek news reports said. A police source told AFP that both victims were sought by Montenegrin authorities under international warrants and were classified as "dangerous and violent." "One of them was sought for guns, explosives and attempted murder, the other for being part of a criminal organisation," the official added. Serbian tabloid Blic on Monday said the two men were members of the Kotor-based Skaljarci clan, which has been locked in a feud with the crosstown rival Kavcani outfit following a botched cocaine deal in Valencia in 2014. Around 40 people have been killed in Montenegro, Serbia and Austria as part of the feud, Blic said. The police source declined to comment on the media reports. Montenegro, which declared independence from Serbia in 2006, has struggled to contain the widespread scourge of organised crime and related violence. jph-mat/ach
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