Caught in the crossfire: A text exchange between a mother, Marianne Bremnes, and her daughter Julie, who was caught up in the shooter’s rampage on Utøya Island in Norway on Friday. Julie eventually survived unscathed. A gripping exchange.
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How sinister looking.
[The First Photo Of Anders Breivik After Norway Terror Attacks]
A bizarrely normal photo of a truly sinister human being.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_low9i0p58A1qz581wo1_500.jpg)
How sinister looking.
[The First Photo Of Anders Breivik After Norway Terror Attacks]
A bizarrely normal photo of a truly sinister human being.
First video from Utoya Island following a massacre that left several dozen dead in Norway on Friday. The video appears to show several deceased victims, who were likely shot at as they attempted to flee the island as reports have indicated. [YouTube]
This footage is chilling, though not especially graphic. Please use caution when watching.
After the success of our recent piece on Rupert Murdoch, we felt that we would try this again with breaking news. We don’t have a good name for this idea yet, so for now we’re going to call it a Tumbl-zine — a magazine article designed for Tumblr. We will update this story as the situation changes, so please come back to ShortFormBlog’s article for the latest updates. (Sources used include: Reuters, BBC, The Telegraph, MSNBC, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Document.No)
Update Saturday, 10:24 a.m. ET: Added reported blog comments from the suspect, many anti-Muslim in nature, spotted via ProducerMatthew.
Update Sunday, 9:28 a.m. ET: Added details about the suspect’s manifesto (both the video and book-length tome) and his confession.
- An eyewitness says he saw at least 20 dead at youth camp near Oslo.
- There are unconfirmed reports that the shooter in Utoya had blue eyes and blond hair.
- Police say that the man arrested at Norway camp shooting is linked to the bombing in Oslo.
- The Police now suspect one or more bombs at Utoya.
Sorry about posting this without the links. They got lost in the last post. We blame the iPhone app. :( Thanks pantslessprogressive for pointing this out.
That tool was extremely useful during live breaking news stories, and Google killed it by not renewing their contract with Twitter. A bad idea. Google+ simply isn’t there yet.
739: AFP report police say Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg had been due to attend a rally of his Labour Party’s youth section on the island of Utoya where a gunman reportedly opened fire earlier.From BBC’s liveblog on the Oslo attacks.
Holy crap. We’ll be keeping an eye on this all day guys.
Hat tip to this headline writer.
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From Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor at the Observer:
It has been known for some time that al-Qaida and other related “franchises” – including the most active groups in Yemen – have been trying to develop operations. Which leads to a second question: why Norway?
The answer is…
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