July 23rd, 2011 at 12:19am
I live about 2 hours away from Oslo.
The bombing in the capital and the shooting at the nearby island (Utøya) are both connected. 7 died from the bombing while 10 are confirmed dead from Utøya, although these numbers are expected to rise (they also found unexploded bombs at the island).
So far the reasons are speculations, but an islamist connection is possible. However, I'd like to point out that the shooter at Utøya is a Norwegian national. Also, our ruling political is the Norwegian labour party, while the shooting on Utøya was directed at the annual summer camp for the labour party's youth camp. I doubt that is a coincidence. We could just as well be talking about far-right extremist groups, but I guess we don't know that for sure yet.
Thank you though :) We're experiencing a horrible tragedy right now so your good luck wishes means a lot.
Thank you.