Norway is in shock, Saturday, July 23, after the death of more than 90 people in two bloody attacks that took place Friday. "Not since the Second World War, our country had been hit by a crime of this magnitude," said Saturday the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, calling the attacks a "national tragedy".
A balance always provisional. Friday afternoon in Oslo, one bomb devastated a neighborhood home to the Prime Minister's Office, who was not there at the time of the explosion, killing at least seven people, police said. Soon after, a man broke into a gathering of young supporters of the Labour Party, in power on the island of Utoya near the capital. Disguised as a police officer and claiming to want to ensure the safety of participants after the explosion of Oslo, he fired into the crowd, killing at least 84 dead according to the latest figures provided by police Saturday.
"A Utoya, we continue the search for possible victims in the waters [the lake]. In Oslo, saw the explosion and the impact it had, we are not certain that the outcome is final," he said Deputy Director of the Norwegian police.
Suspect charged. A suspect was arrested Friday night after the shooting, was indicted for the massacre on the island of Utoya but also for the bombing of Oslo, a Norwegian police said Saturday. The police said the suspect is a Norwegian "strain" 32 years old. Based on searches and research activities including the Internet, the investigators present him as a "Christian fundamentalist". The items posted by the suspect on the Internet suggest that "it has some features political leaning to the right and anti-Muslim but it is too early to say whether this was a reason for his action," the police commissioner Sveinung Sponheim.
For the purposes of the investigation, but police refused to disclose the name of the suspect, identified by the Norwegian media as Behring Anders Breivik. On his profile on Facebook, the man with the blond hair mid-length self-described "conservative" "Christian", single, interested in hunting and games like "World of Warcraft" and "Modern Warfare 2" .
Concerted attacks. The bombing and the shooting appears to be a concerted attack to hit the Scandinavian kingdom in the heart. Investigators suspect are responsible for both events but they do not rule out further arrests, said the deputy director of the Norwegian police.
Heard for miles around, the explosion in Oslo blew the windows of the office of Prime Minister Brown and the imposing tower was damaged on all fronts, allowing literally see right through the building. The images of Norwegian television showed completely disfigured buildings, sidewalks littered with broken glass, smoke rising from the area, many ambulances and wounded bleeding.
The police quickly cordoned off the area where a black car was on the side and where the alarms of buildings devastated in the air screaming while firefighters tried to contain a fire. A spokesman for the police quickly called the people of Oslo to "avoid large gatherings" and go home. "Dozens" of people were hospitalized for injuries of varying severity, he said. Police dogs spent combing the neighborhood looking for other possible explosives in a landscape of desolation.
A Utoya, explosives, explosive ordnance were also found, police said. Witnesses said the suspect, who was at the time of his arrest a pull stamped with the initials of the police, firing randomly while progressing on the small wooded island and tourism. As the shots rang out, panicked young desperate shelter, some fleeing into the woods, others diving into the lake. In the night, boats aided by helicopters searched for survivors in the water or on the lake, swept by the light of headlamps.
