Eleven years since the terrorist attacks on 22 July – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country

The bomb attack on the government quarter and the mass murder on Utøya on 22 July 2011 are the worst acts of terrorism that have occurred in Norway since the Second World War. A total of 77 people were killed, 8 in the government quarter and 69 on Utøya, where the AUF held its annual youth camp. Anders Behring Breivik from Oslo was behind the terror. He is currently serving a sentence of 21 years in custody. This happened on 22 July 2011: At 15.25 a 950-kilogram fertilizer bomb went off in front of the high-rise block in the government quarter in Oslo. The bomb was manufactured and placed in a van by Anders Behring Breivik. Eight people were killed and several injured. The explosion caused enormous material damage to a number of buildings. At 17.30 the police receive reports of shooting on Utøya in Hole municipality. AUF, the Labor Party’s youth party, has its annual summer camp there. The terrorist drove there and was wearing a fake police uniform. He claimed that he was going to check the security on the island after the bombing in Oslo. Soon after he disembarked, he started shooting at the camp participants. At 18.34, Breivik is arrested by the police emergency squad. He then killed 69 people, the youngest 14 years old. 33 people have suffered life-threatening or serious physical damage. There were a total of 564 people on the island. Many have been exposed to an enormous psychological burden. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Ap) gave a speech in the evening, in which he said: “No one should be allowed to bomb us into silence, no one should be allowed to shoot us into silence, no one should be allowed to scare us from being Norway”. On the evening of 25 July, the streets of Oslo were filled with people with roses in their hands. Around 200,000 people came to Oslo to show respect and solidarity. At the Cathedral grew a sea of ​​flowers. Similar marking came to towns and villages across the country. Source: Great Norwegian Lexicon



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