Officials and residents in Norway on Thursday are commemorating the deaths of 77 people 10 years ago at the hands of a political extremist.
July 22 (UPI) — Officials and residents in Norway on Thursday are commemorating the deaths of 77 people 10 years ago at the hands of a political extremist. The killer, Anders Breivik, launched two attacks on July 22, 2011, by setting off a bomb in Oslo. The blast killed several people and caused significant damage to government buildings. Breivik then drove to a political youth camp on Utoya island, north of Oslo, and, dressed as a police officer, shot 69 more people dead — most of them 18 or younger. In all, the attacks lasted just over four and a half hours before Breivik turned himself in. The attacks were the deadliest in Norway since World War II and the fifth-deadliest in Western Europe. Breivik, who was 32 at the time of the massacre, was given the maximum jail sentence in Norway of 21 years.
