Hundreds of survivors of last month’s shooting rampage that killed 69 at a youth camp near Oslo, Norway, revisited the scene of the massacre Saturday. Some 1,000 victims and relatives traveled to Utoeya island, where Norwegian man Anders Behring Breivik opened fire at a camp for youth members of the ruling Labor Party. Many carried […]
Norway Massacre Survivors Return to Scene of Killings
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Norway Massacre Survivors Return to Scene of Killings
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of survivors of last month’s shooting rampage at a youth camp in Norway are revisiting the scene of the killings Saturday. Some 1,000 victims and relatives were to travel to Utoeya island, where Norwegian man Anders Behring Breivik opened fire at a camp for youth members of the ruling Labor Party. One young man […]
Confessed Norway Killer to Stay in Solitary
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
The 32-year-old Norwegian who recently confessed to killing 77 people will spend another four weeks in isolation. The killings were the worst mass violence in Norway since World War Two. A judge Friday rejected Anders Behring Breivik’s complaint that his solitary confinement was boring, monotonous and “a sadistic method of torture.” Judge Hugo Abelseth also […]
Norway Announces Large North Sea Oil Discovery
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Norway’s Statoil has announced that two recent North Sea oil discoveries are connected, representing possibly the region’s biggest oil find in the last 30 years. Statoil said in a statement Tuesday that the Aldous and Avaldsnes oil discoveries together contain between 500 million and 1.2 billion barrels of recoverable oil — significantly more than previously […]
Norwegian Mass Killer Returned to Scene of Crime
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Norwegian authorities say the 32-year-old gunman who confessed to killing 69 people last month on a lake island has described the killings with “many new details” during a heavily-guarded visit to the crime scene. Prosecutor Paal-Fredrik Hjort, speaking Sunday in Oslo, said gunman Anders Behring Breivik led police on a eight hour route that traced […]
Norway Mass Killer Returned to Scene of Crime
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Norwegian police said Sunday that they took accused gunman Anders Behring Breivik back to the island of Utoeya to reconstruct the killing of 69 people last month. The 32-year-old has admitted to setting off a bomb outside government offices in Oslo on July 22, killing eight people, and then going on a shooting rampage on […]
Norway Names Commission to Probe Attacks
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
Norway has appointed nine people to an independent commission that will investigate the terrorist attacks that killed 77 people last month. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Friday the commission will try to obtain information about the attacks and evaluate the response to them, with the goal of creating greater safety. A 10th person will […]
Norway Names Commission to Probe Massacre
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Norway has appointed an independent commission to investigate last month’s terrorist attacks that killed 77 people. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Friday the commission will try to draw information from the attacks and evaluating the response with the goal being greater safety. Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to the July 22 attacks that killed […]
Polar Bear Attack Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Hurt in Norway
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
A polar bear mauled a group of young British campers in the Norwegian Arctic Friday, killing one 17-year-old boy and injuring four others. The attack on the group from the British Schools Exploring Society took place on a remote glacier in Norway’s Svalbard region, before a member of the expedition shot and killed the bear. […]
Police: Breivik Traveled Abroad to Prepare for 2 Norway Attacks
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
Norwegian police say the man who claimed responsibility for the deaths of 77 people in last month’s twin attacks in Norway says he traveled abroad in preparation for the attacks, but that he acted alone. Oslo police prosecutor Christian Hatlo told reporters Thursday that suspected killer Anders Behring Breivik told investigators that he had traveled […]
