Eighty-seven people were killed and injured in the attacks, which targeted Friday amid Oslo and its neighboring island, amid reports about the involvement of the right Norwegian been turned in two incidents that convictions wide international scope.
The spokesman for the Norwegian police said Saturday that at least 87 people were killed in two attacks targeted a youth camp on the island near the capital Oslo, a building close to the prime minister's headquarters in the heart of the capital.
According to police spokesman, eightieth people were killed in the attack which targeted a youth camp for the ruling Labour Party on the island of Otoya near Oslo, when the gunman was wearing a police uniform opened fire randomly on the camp, amid a high possibility that the death toll.
The Al-Jazeera correspondent in Oslo Ammar Hamdan that the bad weather hinders the process of lifting and restricting the number of deaths in the camp amid a high possibility that the number rises to one hundred people.
Capture port
The media quoted local witnesses as the gunman Norwegian birth, nationality and belongs to a right-wing extremist groups, while others said that a large number of camp participants were seen jumping in the water or take refuge in buildings or even to flee to the nearby forest.
The authorities after the shooting stopped sending teams to rescue the survivors to reach a helicopter accompanied the exploring the place by air.
Police arrested the gunman who is believed to link him to the bombing, which occurred near the headquarters of the Prime Minister in Oslo, and found the explosives failed to explode on the island of Otoya northwest of Oslo.
Bombing of Oslo
And on the bombing, which occurred near a government compound in the heart of the capital, Oslo, police said seven people were killed and several others were injured in a bomb blast occurred a few hours before the attack on the island of Otoya, giving the impression that the two incidents were linked to each other.
And canceled the warning from the authorities concerned not to wander in Oslo and reduced security around sensitive buildings had been seen many soldiers alert in the number of guns from the streets until the early hours of this morning.
The explosion caused the crash of windows of the headquarters building of the Prime Minister and other damage to the Ministries of Finance and Oil, however, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was not in the building when the accident occurred.
Commenting on the attacks, the prime minister said at a news conference that the attacks "will not Arhba the government nor the ruling party", avoiding at the same time charged to a specific destination.
The extreme right
The sources described the policy and media Norwegian attacks that they were the largest since World War II as seen from other sources that the two incidents demonstrate and unequivocally on the return of extreme right groups in Norway to be brought to military action, especially with the growing debate on the issue of immigration and foreigners in a number of European countries.
Came the first international reaction from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and described the Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen attacks heinous crime, while calling for U.S. President Barack Obama, the international community to strengthen cooperation to combat terrorism at a news conference with Prime Minister New Zealand, John Kay, who is currently visiting Washington.
For his part, Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon expressed shock and condemnation of offensive Norway, offered his condolences to the families of the victims.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies
