The matter in summary: The research after 22 July is the world’s longest study of a terrorist action and attracts international attention. For over 10 years, the National Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress (NKVTS) has worked with survivors and survivors of the terror attack on 22 July 2011. NKVTS has developed specialist expertise in the follow-up and consequences of disasters and terrorist attacks, which has attracted international attention. Researchers from NKVTS have been involved in the work following terrorist attacks in several countries, and have had delegations from Australia and Canada in the office, among others. After the terrorist attack on 22 July in Oslo and on Utøya, Norwegian researchers have built up solid knowledge about the effect the terrorist attack has had on those left behind. Project manager Grethe Dyb at NKVTS emphasizes that the knowledge after 22 July is not worth much if it is not shared with those who need it when a terrorist attack occurs. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – This is definitely one of the strongest experiences in my life, says Zuzana Poláková. She is one of several employees from Charles University in the Czech Republic who have just been given a tour and a presentation of Norwegian terrorism research on Utøya in Hole municipality. It made a deep impression. – We are lucky to have received an invitation here from our Norwegian colleagues, who offer cooperation and a project about how to take care of survivors and survivors, says Poláková. Zuzana Poláková was deeply moved by visiting Utøya. Photo: Jan-Erik Wilthil / news Norway leads the way in terror research The Czechs have been invited by the National Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress (NKVTS). For over 10 years, NKVTS has worked with survivors and survivors of the terror attack on 22 July 2011. This coherent research is the world’s longest study of a terrorist action. In parallel with the 22 July terror, the NKVTS has also worked on: – This work in general, and Utøya in particular, has resulted in the development of cutting-edge expertise in the follow-up and consequences of disasters and terrorist attacks, says Thorbjørn Laundal, head of communications at the centre. The Czech delegation has arrived on Utøya. Photo: Jan-Erik Wilthil / news This research expertise is deeply valued and has attracted international attention. – In recent years, we have had researchers who have been involved in the work following terrorist attacks in France (three attacks), Belgium (one), the Netherlands (one) and England (one), says Laundal and continues: – And the researchers have been to Serbia in two rounds with a view to the follow-up work after the shootings on 3 and 5 May 2023. We have also been asked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist in follow-up work and we have had delegations here from several countries, including Australia and Canada. The aftermath of the terrorist attacks Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, December 21 last year: Panicked students flee for their lives. An art student shoots and kills 14 people. Almost a year later, a delegation from the same university goes ashore on Utøya in Norway. The research after the terrorist attack on Utøya attracts many curious people to the site. Photo: Jan-Erik Wilthil / news They have come here to learn how to deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attack. After the terrorist attack on 22 July in Oslo and on Utøya, Norwegian researchers have built up solid knowledge about the effect the terrorist attack has had on those left behind. Grethe Dyb is project manager at the National Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress. She says this: – Everything happens in a very chaotic setting, and there are a lot of things that have to be decided on right afterwards, in the time afterwards – and for many years afterwards. Grethe Dyb together with the Czech visit. Photo: Jan-Erik Wilthil / news This is to ensure that those who have experienced it are able to handle trauma, she explains. – But also that the institution as such should return to where they were. Important to remember – important to share knowledge 22 July 2011: First, the lone terrorist detonated a 950-kilogram fertilizer bomb in the government quarter in Oslo, before he went to Utøya and shot young people at a political summer camp. In total, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people. The Czechs have been given a guided tour of the island where the terrorist killed 69 people. Afterwards, everyone gathered in the library to exchange experiences, research findings and follow-up after terror and disasters. Grethe Dyb shares knowledge obtained from several years of research. Photo: Jan-Erik Wilthil / DKBU The cruel acts in Norway are remembered all over the world. Also in the Czech Republic. – I would say that most Czechs remember it, since it was one of the biggest terrorist attacks in Europe after the Second World War. So, yes. We definitely remember this. She adds that she has visited several places where horrific terrorist acts and massacres have taken place: – The killing fields in Cambodia and the Stasi prison in Germany, for example. My level of resilience is probably higher than that of the average person, but this was very, very strong. Project manager Grethe Dyb adds this, in conclusion: – The knowledge we have gained after 22 July, it is not worth much if we are not able to share it with those who actually need that knowledge when a terrorist attack occurs. Published 02.12.2024, at 05.32
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