bomb explodes in central oslo

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Badboy wrote:2 dead,9 injured?

Badboy wrote:AN GUN ATTACK IS REPORTED AT A LABOUR CHILDREN'S SUMMER CAMP ON AN ISLAND,WHERE A MAN DISGUISED AS A POLICEMAN OPENED FIRE

• Police saying shots have been fired at a youth camp after the
  blast in Oslo.
  by tim.hewage 5:17 PM
  
• Oslo police say office of broadcaster TV2 has been sealed off
  because of suspicious package
  by tim.hewage 5:16 PM
  
• Unconfirmed reports: Norwegian Labour's youth camp under
  attack at Utøya. Reports of shots fired and people 'swimming' to get away.
  by tim.hewage 5:15 PM
  
• Norwegian PM: been advised by police not to disclose his
  location
  by tim.hewage 5:06 PM
  
• Central rail station has been evacuated.
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SyFy wrote:

Badboy wrote:AN GUN ATTACK IS REPORTED AT A LABOUR CHILDREN'S SUMMER CAMP ON AN ISLAND,WHERE A MAN DISGUISED AS A POLICEMAN OPENED FIRE

Reports 4 people killed. Anti terrorist units deployed

A 32-year-old Norwegian suspect has been arrested after at least 87 people were killed in two attacks in Norway

At least seven people died in Oslo after a huge car bomb exploded close to buildings which house the offices of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

A further 80 were killed when a man dressed as a police officer opened fire on the island of Utoya where a youth meeting of the ruling Labour Party was taking place.

Previously, police had said that at least 10 had been killed on the holiday island but the death toll rose dramatically early this morning.

Police chief Oystein Maeland told a news conference: "We can't guarantee that won't increase", adding the attack had reached "catastrophic dimensions".

The suspect being held in connection with both attacks has been named in Norwegian television reports as Anders Behring Breivik.

Police are understood to have searched a flat in west Oslo where the man lived.

An anonymous police official said the suspect was arrested in Utoya and appears to have acted alone in the attacks.

He added he did not think the attacks were "linked to any international terrorist organisations" but seemed to be the work of a "madman".

Mr Stoltenberg said that Norway would gain strength from the attacks.

"We are a small country, but a very proud one," he said.

"Nobody can bomb us to be quiet. Nobody can shoot us to be quiet. Nobody can ever scare us from being Norway."

Sky's senior news correspondent Ian Woods is in Oslo and said that the island is around 20 miles from the capital.

He said that although police would not confirm whether other people were involved, it was possible the gunman had worked alone as there was a 90-minute gap between the two incidents.

Witnesses said the gunman moved across the small, wooded Utoya island firing at random as young people fled in fear.

They added the gunman might have had a pistol and an automatic weapon.

Jorgen Benone was on the island and said he saw people being shot by the man.

He said he saw people jumping into the water to try and save themselves, but he thought that "many lost their lives trying to escape".

"I was terrified for my life - I thought of all the people I love," he said.

The mayor of Oslo, Fabian Stang, said he would not have believed Norway could be attacked.

He said he wished he could have been on Utoya "to stand in front of the young people and ask the gunman to shoot me instead."

At least seven people were killed in the bombing outside the government buildings - with 10 seriously injured.

The blast shook the city centre, blowing out the windows of Mr Stoltenberg's offices and damaging the finance and oil ministry buildings.

A survivor of the attack at a Norwegian youth camp has told how he was "terrified" as he hid behind rocks and saw others being shot.

Jorgen Benone said the group had just finished talking about what had happened in Oslo before sitting down to eat.

He said suddenly, they were aware of "panic" down by the water.

"People were wondering, what's happening?... Then people began understanding that people had been shot," he said.

"People started jumping out of windows, running everywhere, all directions - they were terrified for their life.

"Most people ran towards the water, hiding behind stones... They guy was dressed like a policeman.

"It was total chaos, people were jumping into the water trying to swim to the other side.

"I think several lost their lives that tried to get over to the mainland.

"People were hiding behind stones. Some were just sitting, all quiet. I saw people being shot.

"I tried to sit as quiet as possible behind a stone. I felt it was best not to move anywhere... not to run in the open because then he could see me.

"I saw him once - just 20-30 metres away from me. I thought, I'm terrified for my life.

"I thought about all the people I love and I just wanted to go home.

"I saw some boats, but I wasn't sure if I could trust them. I didn't know who I could trust anymore.

"But then I started waving and a boat came towards me and I just jumped into the water and swam to the boat, and I was crying, that's how happy I was.

"I'm just happy to be alive."