Bomb blast in Oslo; PM's office building targeted.

Evo

Quote by Jack21222

Yes, and the evil people have done less damage to Norway than they have in almost any other nation they attack.

Madrid had 191 killed and 1800 injured.
London had 56 killed and 700 injured
New York had over 3000 killed and many more injured
Mumbai had 166 killed

All I'm saying is luckily it wasn't worse.

First, this is Norway, things like this don't happen there. Trying to dismiss this because other places have greater violence is ridiculous.

Jack21222

Quote by Evo

First, this is Norway, things like this don't happen there. Trying to dismiss this because other places have greater violence is ridiculous.

In no way am I being dismissive. I agree it's a bad thing, and I'm sure it's shocking to Norwegians, all I'm saying is it could have been a lot worse, and it wasn't.

DevilsAvocado

Quote by arildno

4 are reported shot at Utøya, but deaths have not been confirmed.

According to Sky News 5 is now confirmed dead on the island, but Sky are hopefully wrong. The terrorist has an automatic weapon, according to Sky.

arildno

Quote by DevilsAvocado

According to Sky News 5 is now confirmed dead on the island, but Sky are hopefully wrong. The terrorist has an automatic weapon, according to Sky.

The county secretary in Labour Youth Telemark is the source of this message from Twitter, where he has said 4 persons shot&dead.

It is complete chaos out there; I hope he is wrong.

Some have managed to swim over, and hopefully, the others will be picked up by the police boats.

mheslep

Quote by arildno

These are EVIL persons, in contrast to the drunk drivers of the world.

Exactly. My condolences to the people of Norway.

DevilsAvocado

Quote by Jack21222

all I'm saying is it could have been a lot worse, and it wasn't.

Please, stop this nonsense. You are way out, and it’s a disgrace for the victims. This is a TERRORIST ATTACK on Norway, Europe, NATO and all other western countries, and it is NOT OVER for god’s sake!!

arildno

This is the co-ordinated action of a terror group; where one part of the group carried out the attack at the government building, and another person of the group disguised himself as a policeman and when getting to Utøya asked to inform the youths about the bombing action.

THEN, he began to shoot at the assembled teenagers..

DevilsAvocado

Quote by arildno

The county secretary in Labour Youth Telemark is the source of this message from Twitter, where he has said 4 persons shot&dead.

It is complete chaos out there; I hope he is wrong.

Some have managed to swim over, and hopefully, the others will be picked up by the police boats.

... geez

Sky is saying that one man is arrested on the island ...

mheslep

1:19 EST (3 mins old):

Norway TV reported that a group called Helpers of the Global Jihad said "This is just the beginning of what will come," though the TV station said it's unclear that the group has taken responsibility

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...078291234.html

arildno

Yup, it is confirmed that a person was arrested, around 19.20 local time (ca. 8 minutes ago)

DevilsAvocado

Quote by mheslep

1:19 EST (3 mins old):

Norway TV reported that a group called Helpers of the Global Jihad said "This is just the beginning of what will come," though the TV station said it's unclear that the group has taken responsibility

as expected

arildno

It is confirmed that previous prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, who has an iconic "Mother of the Country" position here left Utøya approximately 15 local time, an hour before the desperado began to shoot.

arildno

Ongoing press conference:

7 confirmed dead as per now in the government building.

arildno

This video was taken 5-10 min. after the bomb exploded in Oslo, prior to the cordoning off of the area.
"Incompetents", indeed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Nnujn_SSM

arildno

Quote by lisab

I'm ignorant about Norwegian politics - are there any internal groups (anarchists, fringe political groups, etc.) who could possibly do such a thing? This comes to mind because it seems from the initial reports that the PM, and maybe his party, are being targeted.

If I should hazard a couple of guesses, it might be :

1) A response to Norway's engagement in Afghanistan
2) A response to Norway's bombing engagement in Libya.

Astronuc

It seems to be a rather large car bomb given the extent of damage over several blocks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14252515

Several fatalities and injuries.

lisab

Damn terrorists. This sort of thing makes me sad, and very angry.

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arildno Recognitions: Gold Member Homework Help Science Advisor	This is the co-ordinated action of a terror group; where one part of the group carried out the attack at the government building, and another person of the group disguised himself as a policeman and when getting to Utøya asked to inform the youths about the bombing action. THEN, he began to shoot at the assembled teenagers..

Astronuc Admin	It seems to be a rather large car bomb given the extent of damage over several blocks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14252515 Several fatalities and injuries.

lisab Mentor	Damn terrorists. This sort of thing makes me sad, and very angry.