(CNN) -- A giant explosion rocked government buildings in Oslo, Norway, on Friday, state TV broadcaster NRK said, with at least two people confirmed dead.
Windows in several buildings had been blown out, and people were in the street bleeding, NRK said on its website. The cause of the blast remains unknown.
There are conflicting reports about whether a second blast followed the first, which occurred mid-afternoon in the center of the Norwegian capital.
The police have confirmed two dead and at least fifteen injured. It appears to have been a car bomb but this has not yet been absolutely confirmed. No one has yet claimed responsibility but the implicit assumption in all the coverage so far is this is Islamic terrorism.
BBC is currently reporting that a person dressed as a police officer has opened fire on a Labor Party youth camp just outside Oslo (presumably this one, which is described as a "breeding ground" for future political elites)
Also lets not forget they were the originators of the Muhammed cartoons which left how ever many dead a number of years back.
That was Denmark.
Are you saying that all vikings look alike to you?
Seriously though, this is bullshit. I can't believe someone is fucking with Norway.
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian prosecutor has filed terror charges against an Iraqi-born cleric for threatening Norwegian politicians with death if he's deported from the Nordic country.
The indictment, obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, centers on statements that Mullah Krekar — the founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam — made to various media, including American network NBC.
Norway ordered Krekar deported in 2005 after declaring him a national security threat, but the decision was suspended amid worries he would face execution or torture in Iraq.
So they didn't deport him because they didn't want him to be executed in Iraq. If this is the guy: What an asshole.
To be fair, we shouldn't necessarily assume this is an act of Islamic terrorism. This reminds me in some way of the Oklahoma City Bombing which everyone assumed was Islamic at first as well. Thankfully its a much smaller scale, but bomb (likely in a vehicle) outside a national government building.
BBC is reporting the Prime Minister was scheduled to be at that youth camp where the fake police officer started shooting.
If this guy managed to fool people into believing that he was a cop, he can't be a recent imigrant. He would have had to speak Norwegian to pull of the disguise. The routine check explanation he is suposed to have given.
The sky was full of stars, every star an exploding ship. One of ours.
To be fair, we shouldn't necessarily assume this is an act of Islamic terrorism. This reminds me in some way of the Oklahoma City Bombing which everyone assumed was Islamic at first as well. Thankfully its a much smaller scale, but bomb (likely in a vehicle) outside a national government building.
BBC is reporting the Prime Minister was scheduled to be at that youth camp where the fake police officer started shooting.
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Norway? Seriously? That's like breaking into someone's house, leaving the owner and the valuables alone, but grabbing the kitty and stuffing it in the blender.
I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
To be fair, we shouldn't necessarily assume this is an act of Islamic terrorism. This reminds me in some way of the Oklahoma City Bombing which everyone assumed was Islamic at first as well. Thankfully its a much smaller scale, but bomb (likely in a vehicle) outside a national government building.
BBC is reporting the Prime Minister was scheduled to be at that youth camp where the fake police officer started shooting.
Killing the PM and bombing the department of Oil & Energy* seems less like it might have a more focused purpose than terrorizing the populace.
I don't know if that's better, worse, or what.
* 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. "
To be fair, we shouldn't necessarily assume this is an act of Islamic terrorism. This reminds me in some way of the Oklahoma City Bombing which everyone assumed was Islamic at first as well. Thankfully its a much smaller scale, but bomb (likely in a vehicle) outside a national government building.
BBC is reporting the Prime Minister was scheduled to be at that youth camp where the fake police officer started shooting.
Killing the PM and bombing the department of Oil & Energy* seems less like it might have a more focused purpose than terrorizing the populace.
I don't know if that's better, worse, or what.
* 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
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Yeah, it probably is. We have a bombing on the Prime Minister's office. Then within hours there is a shooting on an island where the PM was supposed to be speaking that day.
(AP) Eyewitnesses told the AP that a man dressed as a police officer has fired several shots at Utøya in Buskerud.
AP spoke with one of those who were on Utøya where blasting a AUF event with over 700 people.
- The person legitimated themselves as police when he was transported to the island. He stated that this was a routine check in connection with the terrorist attack in Oslo, says the eyewitness to the AP.
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a man dressed as a policeman reported to be firing wildly around him
one girl shot in the arm, not life-threateningly injured
EDIT: Several labour party ministers including the prime ministers usually visit the camp at some point
Fixed. Norway is awesome. Who has beef with Norway?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ1T3qbtKpMPUw67TD7X5rTlwpWQ?docId=bac0246297764fc99cb097f616838f39
Also setting them off at a time after most government things will have closed for the weekend?
This sucks, at least there have been relatively few deaths so far.
Also lets not forget they were the originators of the Muhammed cartoons which left how ever many dead a number of years back.
Nope, they came from Denmark. But they did reprint them at some point I believe.
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Island. Being on fire.
He said he came because of the bombing, so being armed would not be wierd then. Plus, policeman. No reason not to trust him.
Usually. Damn.
Are you saying that all vikings look alike to you?
Seriously though, this is bullshit. I can't believe someone is fucking with Norway.
So they didn't deport him because they didn't want him to be executed in Iraq. If this is the guy: What an asshole.
Yeah, but they keep the guns in their cars don't they? It's pretty short turnaround after getting permission/going crazy and breaking open the box.
A Norwegian publisher released a book about the caricatures. Also, Libya.
Yeah, they do.
also, every norwegian newspaper published the caricatures at some point.
BBC is reporting the Prime Minister was scheduled to be at that youth camp where the fake police officer started shooting.
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I'm willing to bet a hell of a lot on it.
I'm in contact with people in contact with people in contact with people there (yeah, I know)
it's still going on
(posting with the TV2 Nyhetskanalen running in the background).
facebook says the AUFers on the island say "don't call us, we're hiding"
EDIT: NRK is saying the same, dead inside the buildings
http://www.faithfreedom.org/features/news/norway-refuses-millions-of-dollars-from-saudi-arabia-for-mosque-building/
Appearantly the thing on Utoya is still going on... perpetrator is still at large and armed.
BBC just updated to five
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Killing the PM and bombing the department of Oil & Energy* seems less like it might have a more focused purpose than terrorizing the populace.
I don't know if that's better, worse, or what.
* 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. "
Damn, hopefully he's taken into custody (or at least eliminated as a threat) soon.
Hard to imagine it wasn't. Both appear to be acts of political violence
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16-tiden = around 16.00
I'm guessing its an attempt on his life.
Could be coincidence, but CNN says its AQ mo.
Yeah. a guy firing wildly around himself on a small island chock-full of kids is really really bad