Friday, July 22, 2011

BREAKING -- Shots Fired At Norway Youth Camp

UPDATED & Bumped:

NDTV:

Gunman opens fire at a youth camp outside Oslo; 20 killed, says eyewitness

Oslo: A spokesman for Norway's Labor Party says a gunman opened fire at the party's youth camp outside Oslo, shooting several people following the bomb blast at the government headquarters in the capital.

An eyewitness told Norway's NRK broadcaster that he saw more than 20 bodies at the camp shooting.

It wasn't immediately clear if the attacks were related.

Labor spokesman Per Gunnar Dahl told the AP that a man dressed in a police uniform started shooting at youths assembled for the party's annual youth camp at Utoya, an island outside Oslo. He said there were unconfirmed reports that five people were hit, and that "we don't know how serious."


He said some 700 people, mostly teenagers between 14-18, were assembled for the camp.

AJC:

Shooting reported at youth camp outside Oslo
By NILS MYKLEBOST
The Associated Press

OSLO, Norway — Police say they are sending anti-terror police to a youth camp outside Oslo after reports of a shooting there following the bomb blast at the government headquarters.

The news site VG reported that a man dressed in a police uniform opened fire at the camp. It says several people were injured.

Oslo police chief Anstein Gjengdal said anti-terror units were being sent to the camp at Utoya, outside the Norwegian capital.

He had no other information on that incident, which came hours after a bomb blast outside the government headquarters killed at least two people and injured 15.