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Huge Blast in Oslo, Norway. Near Prime Minister’s Office. Separate Shooting Incident.

July 22, 2011

Mark Leon Goldberg

Category: Security

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UDPATE: It seems that Norway is under attack on multiple fronts. Details are still sketchy at this point, but there are confirmed reports of a shooting incident at a summer camp attending by youth members of the liberal party.  Apparently a man dressed up as a police officer opened fire.  The Guardian has the story.

Word is trickling out via Twitter of an apparent massive explosion in Oslo, Norway.  This photo depicts an entire building face ripped off.  BBC reports that the blast occurred near government buildings:

The blast is thought to have caused damage to the offices of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and a number of other official buildings.

Witnesses have said several people were injured in the incident in the centre of the city…

A journalist with Norwegian public radio station NRK said the headquarters of tabloid newspaper VG were also damaged.

This video depicts the commotion after the blast.

I would reccomend following Twitter user @chaglen. He appears to be in on the scene. Photo credit and video credit are his.

More soon.

UPDATE: A second video of the aftermath.

UPDATE II: This video was uploaded to YouTube about 10 minutes ago.

8 Comments


  • http://twitter.com/parsingphase Richard George

    There’s no evidence of anything being “leveled”; please, let’s be sensible about reporting this.

  • Anonymous

    You are right. I changed the headline. The pictures I have seen make this
    look really bad.

  • Mwillo

    irresponsible use of the word “leveled”

  • Anonymous

    For the record, I based it on @chalgen’s caption which said “entire block
    exploded.” Still that word has been expunged from the title of my blog post.

  • Morgan

    on a broader viewpoint this is a classic case of If you sleep with the dogs you wake up with fleas. Norway and especially Eric Solhiem were open supporters of the LTTE a blood thirsty terrorist group in Sri Lanka. Now feel what the people of Sri Lanka had to endure for 20 years, not knowing when the next bomb will go of

  • Morgan

    on a broader viewpoint this is a classic case of If you sleep with the dogs you wake up with fleas. Norway and especially Eric Solhiem were open supporters of the LTTE a blood thirsty terrorist group in Sri Lanka. Now feel what the people of Sri Lanka had to endure for 20 years, not knowing when the next bomb will go of

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joann-Camp/100002619351532 Joann Camp

    People who spew hatred and bigotry are evil and wrong. People who practice it are monsters. Evil will never disappear and we can’t silence it or legislate it away. It is the duty of responsible people everywhere to speak up and reject violence, evil, and intolerance in any form.     http://bit.ly/qV6PoA

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joann-Camp/100002619351532 Joann Camp

    People who spew hatred and bigotry are evil and wrong. People who practice it are monsters. Evil will never disappear and we can’t silence it or legislate it away. It is the duty of responsible people everywhere to speak up and reject violence, evil, and intolerance in any form.     http://bit.ly/qV6PoA

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