The news out of Norway isn't very good today -- the prime minister's office was bombed in Oslo today, and several hours later, a man impersonating a police officer opened fire on a youth camp located on an island north of Trondheim where the prime minister was supposed to speak tomorrow. At this point, nobody knows who is behind these acts, or even if they are the work of an organization or of rogue individuals. A 32-year-old Norwegian citizen (male) is in custody, but that's all the information that has been released. Early on, American news speculated about Al Qaeda, but more recently, they have been discussing a Norwegian group that is in opposition to the country's leading political party. All media outlets seem to agree, though, that at this point there's no solid information to go on and it's too early to assign blame.
Here are links to articles with more information:
BBC
Milwaukee Journal SentinelBBC
CNN
International Business Times
Associated Press
Sheboyan Press
Reuters (video)
Aftenposten (in Norwegian)
Tip: If you go to any of the articles on the Aftenposten website (www.aftenposten.no) using Google Chrome as your browser, a little popup messages appears at the top of the page and offers to translate to English. The translation is a little rough in places, but it's good enough to understand the articles in a fair amount of detail. There's a TON of material there, it being one of Norway's largest media outlets and all...
ReplyDeleteWe have been reading about this at home. It is so sad....
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