Giant blast hits government buildings in Oslo, Norway

[Egg]

Where's TT?

At least one of two explosions that rocked a Norwegian government building in Oslo today was result of a massive vehicle bomb, according to U.S. government sources on the scene.

Law enforcement officials told ABC News there were two blasts at the Norwegian capital and Norwegian news reported at least two people were killed. Several more were injured.

The prime minister, whose office is in the building, survived the blast, a government spokesperson told The Associated Press.

Pictures, posted on Twitter, show several buildings with windows blown out. Multiple tweets described people bleeding in the streets. Law enforcement officials said

No group has publicly taken responsibility for the blast and a U.S. counter-terrorism official told ABC News there is no indication yet of motive or suspects. A senior U.S. diplomat in Oslo said they believe all U.S. personnel in the country are safe and accounted for.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/oslo-expl ... d=14134197

[Pigeon]

maybe TT can give us more info...

A giant explosion rocked government buildings in Oslo, Norway, on Friday, state TV broadcaster NRK said, with at least one person confirmed dead.

Windows in several buildings had been blown out, and people were in the street bleeding, NRK said on its website. The cause of the blast remains unknown.

There are conflicting reports about whether a second blast followed the first, which occurred mid-afternoon in the center of the Norwegian capital.

One explosion happened near a government building housing the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, said Linda Reinholdsen, a reporter for Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. Another hit near the Norwegian parliament, she told CNN.

Several buildings in Oslo were on fire, she said, and smoke was pouring from them.

Walter Gibbs, a journalist with Reuters, said he saw eight injured people, including two or three with serious wounds and one who looked dead.

Gibbs said he believes one explosion happened on an upper floor of a main government building. He said it blew out every window on the side of the building.

[TraumaT]

Gigantic explotion, I heard it from my house in a suburb of Oslo. At the time I thought it was thunder. Everything is very chaotic still, no confirmed information about how many injured or killed. But it has been confirmed that is was a bomb, and that is was a terror attack. Still don't know exactly where the bomb was placed, if it was a car bomb or if there were several bombs in a coordinated attack. Many buildings are damaged, Oslo city is being sealed off.

BBC has live coverage here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14254705

NRK (state television channel):
http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/direkte/nrk1/

[Dr Exile]

"The AP also reports that a Norwegian prosecutor filed terror charges this week against an Iraqi-born cleric for threatening Norwegian politicians with death if he is deported from the country. The indictment centered on statements that Mullah Krekar — the founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam — made to various media,"

[Egg]

Why in the world Oslo?

[TraumaT]

Why in the world Oslo?

We don't know who was behind this yet, so we don't know why.

[Egg]

Why in the world Oslo?

We don't know who was behind this yet, so we don't know why.

Excellent point. But, can you think of anything at all that your government or PM do/has done that might make someone this upset?

[Pana]

It isn't right. Tiny Norway has done nothing to nobody.

My heart is with you and yours, Trauma.

[TraumaT]

Why in the world Oslo?

We don't know who was behind this yet, so we don't know why.

Excellent point. But, can you think of anything at all that your government or PM do/has done that might make someone this upset?

Too early to speculate. But we are involved in Libya, dropping bombs. We are allied of the US. The US killed bin Laden. A Scandinavian guy (Danish) drew Muhammed with a bomb on his head as a turban a few years ago, insulting a hell of a lot of muslims. Some fundamentist muslims hate godless Norway with the topless blondes on the beach each Summer. Yay, religion!

Just heard on the news that there shooting going on at Utøya, a place where AP (our labour party and the party of our prime minister Jens Stoltenberg) has a youth camp every Summer. Several youths injured. Don't know if this has any connection with the bomb attack on the goverment buildings in Oslo city.

Nothing is normal in Norway today.

[Pigeon]

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