Norway came under deadly attack earlier today with a massive bombing in the heart of its power center and a shooting at the ruling Labour Party's youth camp on an island outside the capital -- attacks that police said are definitely linked.
Downtown Oslo looks like a war zone after a bomb ripped through government buildings. At least seven people were killed in the blast in Oslo and at least nine were killed on Utoya Island, which is about 20 miles away, police said. Police spokesman Are Frykholm told CNN that a man arrested on the island appeared to match the description of a person who was seen near the government buildings shortly before the bomb erupted.
The man was wearing a police emblem on his blue sweater, though he does not work for police, Frykholm said.
At least one Islamic terror group quickly claimed the attacks were "revenge" for Norway's engagement in Afghanistan. "Global Jihad" group says it's behind the Oslo blast. Updates to follow.
Since when do “Jihadists” recruit blonde haired Scandanavians to carry out their attacks? Sounds more like a right-wing Neo-Nazi group/individual who has something against the Labour Party, since both attacks were against Labour Party targets.
They’ve now arrested an extreme right wing nationalist who describes himself as a fundamentalist Christian. So nothing to do with jihad. As of noon in London, 91 mostly young teens are confirmed dead and they are stll finding bodies.
Norwegian television and newspaper reports have identified the suspect as 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, of Norwegian origin.
A picture is emerging, gleaned from official sources and social media, of a right-wing Christian fundamentalist who may have had an issue with Norway’s multi-cultural society.