Bombings/shootings in Oslo, Norway

[phesina]

Terrible. Awful.

[Marigold2]

Shocking and sad. My hopes and prayers that these people can make it through with as little pain as possible.

[cassiesmom]

This just makes me sick. I heard on news radio that a single individual has been connected to this. I wonder if it is a situation like that guy who shot Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, who got hold of a gun despite serious behavioral problems. Just very sad and tragic. 80 people-- that's the size of my church choir. I cannot imagine that. Most of what I know about Norway I learned from Epcot- stave churches, smorgasbord, the sea, boats, mountains, fishing, and outdoor activities year round. Prayers tonight for the people of Norway.


From the online Chicago Tribune---
10:51 p.m. CDT, July 22, 2011
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian who dressed as a police officer to gun down summer campers killed at least 80 people at an island retreat, horrified police said early Saturday. It took investigators several hours to begin the realize the full scope of Friday's massacre, which followed an explosion in nearby Oslo that killed seven and that police say was set off by the same suspect. The mass shootings are among the worst in history.

[chocolatepuppy]

Many prayers for the people of Norway.

[Grace]

From the NY Times -

The Norwegian police on Saturday charged a 32-year-old man, whom they identified as a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing connections

Sounds like a home-grown terrorist - like Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma City), Eric Rudolph (Atlanta Olympics bombing and abortion clinics), and Scott Roeder (murder of Dr. Tiller).

[Grace]

This guy sounds like pure evil. It appears that the car bomb in Oslo was not the prime focus - he was after the young people on the island. The car bombing was a diversion - to keep the police occupied.

The death toll is now 85, and could possibly rise to 98.

[lizbud]

What a horrible thing to have happened. So many people just
gunned down. He actually killed more people with an automatic weapon
than he did with the bomb. It's just madness.