Bombing in [Oslo]

Abdhyius · July 2011

Kipling217 wrote:

L Ron Howard wrote:

Are the two related? The bombing and shooting?

Could be coincidence, but CNN says its AQ mo.

that would be one hell of a coincidence

Henroid · July 2011

Kagera wrote:

Hacksaw wrote:

Why would Islamic terrorists want to bomb ANYTHING in Norway?

Norway charges radical cleric for death threats

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ1T3qbtKpMPUw67TD7X5rTlwpWQ?docId=bac0246297764fc99cb097f616838f39

Oh, that sounds about right then. But I mean... if you make death threats, of course you're gonna be looked into and probably have the law on you. Not that these people understand any of that.

Saint Madness · July 2011

Twitter is saying 4 dead at the youth camp.

MKR · July 2011

https://plus.google.com/106737308305135313033/posts/6zf8BP7ihHw

edit: Big image, maybe NSF56K: http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/174/174138/17413824/jpg/active/978x_13197743.jpg

ArbitraryDescriptor · July 2011

Abdhyius wrote:

ArbitraryDescriptor wrote:

* Which is my understanding of this rather strange translation: "the attack was directed against the Oil and Energy, as in 16-era still is on fire. "

16-tiden = around 16.00

Takk*

*

Spoiler:

Saint Madness · July 2011

The police are now on the island, medics are trying to land but are being prevented by a firefight that has broken out.

Caveman Paws · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

The police are now on the island, medics are trying to land but are being prevented by a firefight that has broken out.

Source? BBC live is just repeating the same info. "Explosion, don't know who did it, shooting might be connected, repeat."

Abdhyius · July 2011

Caveman Paws wrote:

Saint Madness wrote:

The police are now on the island, medics are trying to land but are being prevented by a firefight that has broken out.

Source? BBC live is just repeating the same info. "Explosion, don't know who did it, shooting might be connected, repeat."

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.7723132

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10080590

plus live NRK news

all in norwegian

Abdhyius · July 2011

the BBC and other foreign news agencies are getting their info the same way us norwegians are, by being glued to the TV and hitting f5 like crazy

Dunadan019 · July 2011

holy shit

use a bomb outside of a prominent government building as a distraction to get an armed man onto an island full of the children of important/influential norwegians who are there on their summer holliday and start shooting....

including disguises and planning it sounds like a james bond movie villain's plan.

MKR · July 2011

https://twitter.com/#!/washingtonpost/oslo/
https://plus.google.com/102235836543922327908/posts/EchkocdB1eE
https://plus.google.com/110668479729372555286/posts

edit:
https://plus.google.com/110668479729372555286/posts/U6A4eyyWrRt

Abdhyius · July 2011

NRK says one man arrested at Utøya

Saint Madness · July 2011

People are jumping into the sea and trying to escape the island by swimming.

Abdhyius · July 2011

Dunadan019 wrote:

holy shit

use a bomb outside of a prominent government building as a distraction to get an armed man onto an island full of the children of important/influential norwegians who are there on their summer holliday and start shooting....

including disguises and planning it sounds like a james bond movie villain's plan.

Yeah. Except with your friends instead of extras. It sucks.

Also, not really the children of important norwegians, more like the children who are going to be important norwegians.

ArbitraryDescriptor · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

The police are now on the island, medics are trying to land but are being prevented by a firefight that has broken out.

Is it naive to hope they manage to take him alive? This could be a one man op if the car bomb was on a timer; if that's the case then there isn't going to be much closure to be had if he manages to kill himself.

Saint Madness · July 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jul/22/oslo-explosion-live-coverage#block-24

NRK is reporting that an unknown group called "Helpers of the Global Jihad" have posted a message that this is only the beginning of the reaction to Norwegian periodicals publishing the Muhammed cartoons, according to Andrew Boyle, a journalist in Norway.

Saint Madness · July 2011

ArbitraryDescriptor wrote:

Saint Madness wrote:

The police are now on the island, medics are trying to land but are being prevented by a firefight that has broken out.

Is it naive to hope they manage to take him alive? This could be a one man op if the car bomb was on a timer; if that's the case then there isn't going to be much closure to be had if he manages to kill himself.

They've already captured him.

OptimusZed · July 2011

Does Norway even have homegrown terrorists? Is that even a thing there?

ArbitraryDescriptor · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

ArbitraryDescriptor wrote:

Saint Madness wrote:

The police are now on the island, medics are trying to land but are being prevented by a firefight that has broken out.

Is it naive to hope they manage to take him alive? This could be a one man op if the car bomb was on a timer; if that's the case then there isn't going to be much closure to be had if he manages to kill himself.

They've already captured him.

I just saw that! That's good news.

Abdhyius · July 2011

OptimusZed wrote:

Does Norway even have homegrown terrorists? Is that even a thing there?

This is the first thing like it since WWII.

This is the worst thing in 66 years.

So no. None of this is a thing here.

Henroid · July 2011

Dunadan019 wrote:

holy shit

use a bomb outside of a prominent government building as a distraction to get an armed man onto an island full of the children of important/influential norwegians who are there on their summer holliday and start shooting....

including disguises and planning it sounds like a james bond movie villain's plan.

Dude, if the bombing is seriously linked to the shooting for that specific manner, it really is one of the few times I'll cave in and say that it is an act of evil. (Usually hate the phrase since people use it too much)

Saint Madness · July 2011

Twitter is the place to be for updates on this folks, the BBC and the Guardian are just interviewing eyewitnesses who are saying what the explosion felt like from their apartments.

Abdhyius · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

Twitter is the place to be for updates on this folks, the BBC and the Guardian are just interviewing eyewitnesses who are saying what the explosion felt like from their apartments.

NRK, VG and Dagbladet is better.

MKR · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

Twitter is the place to be for updates on this folks, the BBC and the Guardian are just interviewing eyewitnesses who are saying what the explosion felt like from their apartments.

G+ is working better for me. No endless retweets and disaster jockeys trying to get attention.

L Ron Howard · July 2011

OptimusZed wrote:

Does Norway even have homegrown terrorists? Is that even a thing there?

A lot of Middle Easterners have immigrated to to country, as well as all the countries up there. Just the same as they've immigrated to France, for instance.

I have a coworker from Sweden here, but his family originally moved there from Syria; and he talks about the discrimination between the Blonde-haired natives and the 'Blackheads'. From his accounts, the whole area is like that though, regardless of which specific country you're in.

Saint Madness · July 2011

This attack looks like it was focused on the Labour party..

MKR · July 2011

https://plus.google.com/111293145978179424990/posts/e8KUVwkWAPX

Oslo Central train station is evacuated, Tv2 news office is evacuated, Aftenposten news office evacuated

PantsB · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

Twitter is the place to be for updates on this folks, the BBC and the Guardian are just interviewing eyewitnesses who are saying what the explosion felt like from their apartments.

Twitter unfortunately can't be easily confirmed to be legit either.

Saint Madness · July 2011

The shooter is reportedly a tall blond dude...

Henroid · July 2011

MKR wrote:

https://plus.google.com/111293145978179424990/posts/e8KUVwkWAPX

Oslo Central train station is evacuated, Tv2 news office is evacuated, Aftenposten news office evacuated

Are those possible targets for other incidents?

zeeny · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

The shooter is reportedly a tall blond dude...

?

Saint Madness · July 2011

Henroid wrote:

MKR wrote:

https://plus.google.com/111293145978179424990/posts/e8KUVwkWAPX

Oslo Central train station is evacuated, Tv2 news office is evacuated, Aftenposten news office evacuated

Are those possible targets for other incidents?

The police are evacuating central Oslo just in case there are more bombs.

Caveman Paws · July 2011

Thanks for the links Abdyhyius/everyone.

MKR · July 2011

Henroid wrote:

MKR wrote:

https://plus.google.com/111293145978179424990/posts/e8KUVwkWAPX

Oslo Central train station is evacuated, Tv2 news office is evacuated, Aftenposten news office evacuated

Are those possible targets for other incidents?

Place with a lot of newspapers and people, news organizations.

ArbitraryDescriptor · July 2011

Henroid wrote:

MKR wrote:

https://plus.google.com/111293145978179424990/posts/e8KUVwkWAPX

Oslo Central train station is evacuated, Tv2 news office is evacuated, Aftenposten news office evacuated

Are those possible targets for other incidents?

Dagbladet said the police advised everyone to evacuate the city center and avoid large gatherings. Could just be complying with this

Saint Madness · July 2011

Some of the people attending the youth camp were as young as 14..

acidlacedpenguin · July 2011

shit this is terrible, but it sounds like it's the work of an extremist individual or small group who have a problem with some political stance or decision made by the labour party that I'm not even going to pretend I have any idea about.

PantsB · July 2011

L Ron Howard wrote:

OptimusZed wrote:

Does Norway even have homegrown terrorists? Is that even a thing there?

A lot of Middle Easterners have immigrated to to country, as well as all the countries up there. Just the same as they've immigrated to France, for instance.

I have a coworker from Sweden here, but his family originally moved there from Syria; and he talks about the discrimination between the Blonde-haired natives and the 'Blackheads'. From his accounts, the whole area is like that though, regardless of which specific country you're in.

Or at least the white natives feel like its a lot. European countries tend to be ethnically homogeneous (Norway is roughly 90% ethnically Norwegian, let alone those of other European backgrounds and that's not unusual) so what appears to a North American to be a normal immigration level seems like a flood.

Henroid · July 2011

ArbitraryDescriptor wrote:

Henroid wrote:

MKR wrote:

https://plus.google.com/111293145978179424990/posts/e8KUVwkWAPX

Oslo Central train station is evacuated, Tv2 news office is evacuated, Aftenposten news office evacuated

Are those possible targets for other incidents?

Dagbladet said the police advised everyone to evacuate the city center and avoid large gatherings. Could just be complying with this

Can't blame them though, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Henroid · July 2011

Saint Madness wrote:

Some of the people attending the youth camp were as young as 14..

The shooter is an asshole.

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