At least 30 people are feared dead in Norway after a gunman mowed down students at a summer camp hours after a bomb had devastated the centre of Oslo.
More than 20 youths attending a political gathering were reported to have been shot dead when a terrorist disguised as a policeman opened fire on a holiday island on a lake near the capital.
Seven people had earlier been killed in central Oslo when a car bomb went off outside the country’s main government building. Members of the country’s ruling Labour Party were the targets in both cases. Police have confirmed a total of 17 deaths.
British security forces were immediately placed on alert amid fears that Norway’s worst terrorist outrage might be the first in a series of attacks on the West. The carnage followed repeated warnings that al-Qaeda was planning a Mumbai-style attack on countries involved in the war in Afghanistan, where Norway has about 500 troops.
At least one Islamic terror group quickly claimed the attacks were “revenge” for Norway’s engagement in Afghanistan, and for the publication of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed in Denmark.
More than 20 youths attending a political gathering were reported to have been shot dead when a terrorist disguised as a policeman opened fire on a holiday island on a lake near the capital.
Seven people had earlier been killed in central Oslo when a car bomb went off outside the country’s main government building. Members of the country’s ruling Labour Party were the targets in both cases. Police have confirmed a total of 17 deaths.
British security forces were immediately placed on alert amid fears that Norway’s worst terrorist outrage might be the first in a series of attacks on the West. The carnage followed repeated warnings that al-Qaeda was planning a Mumbai-style attack on countries involved in the war in Afghanistan, where Norway has about 500 troops.
At least one Islamic terror group quickly claimed the attacks were “revenge” for Norway’s engagement in Afghanistan, and for the publication of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed in Denmark.
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