Norway to mark ten years since Breivik's deadly attacks

Record ID: 1627137

  • Title: Norway to mark ten years since Breivik's deadly attacks
  • Date: 15th July 2021
  • Summary: SKIEN, NORWAY (FILE - MARCH 15, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SKIEN PRISON SIGN READING (Norwegian): "CORRECTIONAL SERVICE SKIEN PRISON" POLICE REMOVING BREIVIK'S HANDCUFFS / BREIVIK LIFTING ARM IN NAZI SALUTE AND SITTING DOWN AT DESK AT START OF TRIAL APPEALING HIS JAIL CONDITIONS SKIEN, NORWAY (FILE - JANUARY 11, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOT) EXTERIOR OF SKIEN PRISON OSLO, NORWAY (MAY 11, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GOVERNMENT QUARTERS
  • Embargoed: 30th July 2021 00:44
  • Keywords: 2011 Anders Behring Breivik July 22 Labour youth camp Olso bomb Utoeya massacre
  • Location: OSLO, UTOEYA, SUNDVOLLEN AND SKIEN, NORWAY
  • City: OSLO, UTOEYA, SUNDVOLLEN AND SKIEN, NORWAY
  • Country: Norway
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA00FEM3A8G7
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES (SHOTS 6 + 11)
    Norway will next week mark the ten-year anniversary since anti-immigrant extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in the worst act of violence in the Nordic country since World War Two.
    Breivik detonated a car bomb outside the prime minister's office in Oslo, killing eight, before driving to the nearby Utoeya island and shooting 69 people gathered at a Labour Party youth camp on July 22, 2011.
    A ceremony will take place in Oslo next Thursday (July 22) outside what was once the prime minister's office - an empty shell since the attack due to disagreements over how to rebuild it - attended by Prime Minister Erna Solberg, survivors and relatives of the victims.
    Later, a ceremony on Utoeya island will honour the 69 victims of Breivik's shooting spree.
    The island itself has become a memorial and educational centre, with school children frequently visiting and able to spend the night in one of the wooden cabins built since the attack.
    Debate over the attacks has shifted over the past decade.
    Survivors, many of whom were teenagers at the time, are now determined to confront the far-right ideology which was a catalyst for the attack.
    They are concerned by how Breivik has become an inspirational figure for white supremacists worldwide.
    In New Zealand in March 2019 Brenton Tarrant, who said in his manifesto he was inspired by Breivik, gunned down 51 people at two mosques.
    Breivik is serving a 21-year sentence, which can be prolonged indefinitely if he is deemed a continued threat to society.
    (Production: Ilze Filks)
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