Explosion in Oslo
 

There's been an explosion in Oslo close to the Prime Minister's office. Government buildings and a newspaper office have been damaged. The PM is unhurt, but there are injuries and at least one person dead. There's currently a rescue operation to get people out of damaged buildings.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14252515


As a small mercy, this occurred during a holiday, when far more people would have been inside the offices.

Police have confirmed it was a bomb, but haven't said what kind. Nobody as yet has claimed responsibility.

Apparently there are two confirmed dead.

Who blows up Norwegians? There's no call for that.

Must be those hateful chileans.

Well, they've been threatened in the past by Islamist groups because of their support for the war in Iraq. But there's also a possibility it is right-wing terrorists.

Extreme right wingers are still mad that Obama got the peace prize.
[/just kidding. but seriously, the Timothy McVeighs of this world do crazy stuff]

NYTimes report has additional news:

Shortly after the apparent bomb attack, a man dressed as a police officer opened fire on a youth political meeting on the island of Utoya in the Oslo fjord, about 25 miles from the city, the police said. There were initial reports that Prime Minister Stoltenberg was scheduled to attend the meeting.
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Mr. Kvernen, the police spokesman, said he could not confirm whether there were casualties in the shooting incident at the summer camp near Honefoss, north of Oslo. Media reports said five people were wounded. “The police are sending massive units,” he said.

Times update

A terror group, Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad, issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack, according to Will McCants, a terrorism analyst at C.N.A., a research institute that studies terrorism. The message said the attack was a response to Norwegian forces’ presence in Afghanistan and to unspecified insults to the Prophet Muhammad. “We have warned since the Stockholm raid of more operations,” the group said, according to Mr. McCants’ translation, apparently referring to a bombing in Sweden in December 2010. “What you see is only the beginning, and there is more to come.” The claim could not be confirmed.

There are now 7 confirmed dead from the explosion, and 'at least nine' dead at the Labour Party Youth camp.

The right wing is waiting for an apology ...

Apparently the suspect in custody for the shooting at the camp is a Norwegian citizen.


@ Wolf: i don't get that?

You accused the right wing ahead of Arab Terrorists who have more of a track record of blowing things up.

I did not. In answer to the question 'who would blow up the Norwegians?' I said they had been threatened by Islamists in the past but that right wing terrorists were also a possibility.

As it happens, it is looking more like a domestic politics issue. A Norwegian citizen targetting both the Labour Prime Minister, and the Labour Party Youth camp where the PM was due to speak.

Reports of a 32 year old neo-nazi being arrested...