Bomb Blast, Youth-Camp Gunman Devastate Norway; at Least 87 Dead
The attacks came after a recent string of terrorist strikes and plots against Scandinavian countries, including Sweden and Denmark, and the arrests of accused members of an Islamist terror cell in Norway. Suspicion quickly centered on local Islamist groups, one of which publicly celebrated Friday's events.
Both strikes Friday targeted Norway's ruling Labor Party. The first incident, at about 3:30 p.m., involved at least one bomb blast in central Oslo that damaged a number of government buildings including the finance ministry and the government headquarters. At least seven people were killed.
That was followed later in the afternoon by an attack at the island of Utoya about 20 miles away, where a man dressed as a police officer opened fire, shooting several people attending the summer camp of the youth wing of the Labor Party. Police didn't give ages for the dead. The camp caters to youths from...