Doktor Kosmos Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Norway horror: 80 die in camp shooting, 7 in blastOSLO, Norway — A Norwegian who dressed as a police officer to gun down summer campers killed at least 80 people at an island retreat, horrified police said early Saturday. It took investigators several hours to begin the realize the full scope of Friday's massacre, which followed an explosion in nearby Oslo that killed seven and that police say was set off by the same suspect. The mass shootings are among the worst in history. With the blast outside the prime minister's office, they formed the deadliest day of terror in Western Europe since the 2004 Madrid train bombings killed 191. Police initially said about 10 were killed at the forested camp on the island of Utoya, but some survivors said they thought the toll was much higher. Police director Oystein Maeland told reporters early Saturday they had discovered many more victims. "It's taken time to search the area. What we know now is that we can say that there are at least 80 killed at Utoya," Maeland said. "It goes without saying that this gives dimensions to this incident that are exceptional." Maeland said the death toll could rise even more. He said others were severely injured, but police didn't know how many were hurt. A suspect in the shootings and the Oslo explosion was arrested. Though police did not release his name, Norwegian national broadcaster NRK identified him as 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik and said police searched his Oslo apartment overnight. NRK and other Norwegian media posted pictures of the blond, blue-eyed Norwegian. A police official said the suspect appears to have acted alone in both attacks, and that "it seems like that this is not linked to any international terrorist organizations at all." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because that information had not been officially released by Norway's police. "It seems it's not Islamic-terror related," the official said. "This seems like a madman's work." The official said the attack "is probably more Norway's Oklahoma City than it is Norway's World Trade Center." Domestic terrorists carried out the 1995 attack on a federal building in Oklahoma City, while foreign terrorists were responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The official added, however, "it's still just hours since the incident happened. And the investigation is going on with all available resources." Read more in this article: Xfinity news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Read more in this article: Xfinity news this is sick. Even more sick, my parents were in Oslo like 1 week ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Every passing day it gets worse. More details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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