NORWAY: Thousands of flowers and candles laid in front of Oslo Cathedral, as country unites in mourning victims of bomb and shooting massacre

Record ID: 530645

  • Title: NORWAY: Thousands of flowers and candles laid in front of Oslo Cathedral, as country unites in mourning victims of bomb and shooting massacre
  • Date: 26th July 2011
  • Summary: OSLO, NORWAY (JULY 25, 2011) (REUTERS) PEOPLE OUTSIDE CATHEDRAL WHERE FLOWERS AND CANDLES ARE BEING PLACED TO COMMEMORATE VICTIMS PEOPLE LOOKING TOWARDS SITE/ WOMAN CRYING CANDLES ON THE FLOOR SURROUNDED BY FLOWERS NORWEGIAN FLAG AMONGST FLOWERS PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOS CANDLE FLOWERS/ PEOPLE LOOKING AT MEMORIAL SITE FLOWERS ON THE FLOOR PEOPLE LOOKING AT CANDLES/ FLO
  • Embargoed: 10th August 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Norway, Norway
  • Country: Norway
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA1AZAUI6656228J9X38049D6FW
  • Story Text: Thousands of flowers and candles continued to be laid in front of the Oslo Cathedral on Monday (July 25) as the country united in mourning for the 76 victims of an anti-immigration killer who stunned the normally peaceful nation with a bomb and gun attack.
    The memorial site expanded throughout the day as crowds poured through the streets of the capital to hold a anti-violence march.
    At least 100,000 people, many carrying white or red roses, rallied in Oslo to show support for victims.
    Earlier on Monday Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg lead a nation wide minute silence standing dressed in black on the steps next to the king and queen, the whole group flanked by two burning torches.
    People across Norway marked a minute's silence and cities came to a standstill late in the morning in remembrance for the people killed by Anders Behring Breivik in a bomb attack in Oslo and shooting rampage on a tiny island on Friday (July 22).
    But the grief was transformed into fury as protesters later attacked an unmarked police Volvo car they believed was carrying Breivik to court for his first custody hearing. The judge said the accused would be locked up alone with no incoming letters, media nor visitors except for his lawyer. A trial could be a year away.
    Breivik told the court that he acted to save Europe from Islam. He had previously said he had acted alone.
    Affluent Norway prides itself on being an open, tolerant, relatively crime-free society which has striven to broker peace efforts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka and elsewhere.
    Breivik's crimes have repulsed the nation, but most Norwegians have vowed to not let it change them. Aside from the uncharacteristic outburst of anger, the overwhelming mood was one of dignified determination to show respect for the dead.
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