Merely wanting peace doesn’t give you peace.
At least 80 people died when a gunman opened fire at an island youth camp in Norway, hours after a bomb attack on the capital, Oslo, police say.
Oslo police are questioning a 32-year-old Norwegian man in connection with both attacks.
The man was arrested on tiny Utoeya island outside Oslo, where police say he opened fire on teenagers.
Earlier, the number of dead from the Utoeya shooting spree, which is among the world’s most deadly, was put at 10.
The earlier bomb attack killed at least seven people. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, whose Oslo offices were among those badly hit by the blast, described the attacks as “bloody and cowardly”.
The shooter apparently impersonated a cop:
Hours after bomb blasts shattered the holiday calm of downtown Oslo, a man arrived at Utoya island, 50 kilometres from the Norwegian capital, by ferry.
He was wearing a police uniform and packing several weapons, including at least one submachine gun and possibly a rifle.
The stranger beckoned to some of the 550 young people attending a summer camp organized by the youth wing of the ruling Labour Party.
“Come here,” he said, claiming he was performing a routine security check after a bomb blast hours earlier in downtown Oslo killed at least seven people and injured many others.
Once a sizeable group had gathered, the man — who looked like a typical Norwegian, with blond hair and spoke with an eastern Norwegian accent — said this was just the beginning and opened fire.
The campers, aged 15 to 25, scattered in panic, many throwing themselves in the water in an attempt to escape the island, which had no bridge to the mainland. Others cowered in nearby buildings.
A 16-year-old named Emma said she thought at first it was just somebody fooling around, but after she saw two people shot dead she realized it was serious.
“Me and my boyfriend Erik, we ran to the sea and we hid ourselves in [a cave]. After a while … we heard the gunshots right from above us and we could actually smell the — what’s it called? — the gunpowder and we were so scared so we just waited till he went away,” she told the BBC.
Early indications – and they are very early indeed – are that the killer was a lone madman, not connected with any international terror organizations. The politics, if any, are unknown.
awful just awful, tell me why this man isn’t deserving of the death penalty ASAP?
Not sure if Norwegian law allows it.
I was physically ill when I heard about the 87 dead at the camp. I have no words, mostly because there are none. It’s still hard to believe one person did all of this.
But that’s not stopping the Sorosphere from writing up breathless posts about the “right-wing conservative” killer while officials are still IDing the dead. These people are sick.
KSTP news reported that Norwegian law has a maximum pently for any and all crimes of 21 years.
Yes, you can murder 80 people and still get out of prison in time to enjoy your retirement.
And people wonder why Western Europe is falling apart. If he killed a foreigner could he be extradited there like with what we did to the drug lords? Better yet send a CIA black-ops team assassinate him and make it look like a suicide. I fail to see anything morally wrong with that.
David, the meme from now on is blame any major terrorist attack on white conservative christians. In retrospect I’m amazed they didn’t start accusing us right after 9/11. Watching the BBC news coverage on my computer today as painful, if anyone made ANY suggestion that it might involve Islamic terror they cut them off or redirected the conversation. It would have been funny if it wasn’t so sad and infuriating.
Latest reports put the death toll at 91. The despicable murderer is being described as a “conservative Christian.” If that’s true, this is an even worse disaster. I’m just hoping that’s a knee-jerk response, like my assumption it was Muslims. Even if it’s not true, we can expect it to become a talking point, like Timothy McVeigh’s supposed “Christianity.”
Horrible, horrible.
I’m amazed that only seven died in the bombing. The photos look every bit as bad as anything in Iraq. I’ve just returned from vacation and haven’t had time to absorb the views of the talking heads in the MSM. Lone crazed white Christian seems to be the consensus so far. I’m amazed the guy allowed himself to be taken alive. Interesting to see what Norweigian justice will do to a mass murderer who acted with premeditation and extreme cruelty. Initial signs are not good.
“The politics, if any, are unknown.”
Right-wing, anti-Muslim. HTH.
Right-wing, anti-Muslim. HTH.
NOT conservative. NOT Christian.
The insane come in all shapes, sizes and flavors. That won’t stop certain people with zero integrity from flogging the “right-wing” angle til their little paws get tired.
This seems to bolster Berg’s C&C argument perfectly. One well placed Glock 9mm might have ended this before the first dozen casualties.
golfdoc…I thought the same thing (about the low death count in the bombing) but media reports say that in July, few Norwegians work.
I heard it was also a national holiday. Infowars (crazy conspiracy site) is already saying this was an inside job. Crazy
Take One gun-free zone full of children, add One nut with a gun, leave alone 60 minutes, count bodies, blame people who want to be able to defend themselves (i.e. Conservatives).
Repeat as necessary until the entire world is helpless in the face of evil.
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Wow, Nate, that’s stupid. Unbalanced right-winger goes around the bend and kills a bunch of kids and it’s the fault of those darned librals?
I bet you figure if there were more gun owners in the World Trade Center on 9/11, they could have safely shot down the planes before they hit.
You know, cause you’re stupid.
Wow. That exposed angryclown frontal lobe on full display.
You know, cause you’re stupid.
It’s hard to argue with deep, contextual logic of this caliber.
Welcome back, AC. Missed you. Been too serious around here lately.