22.07.2011
dear livejournal,
on my big brother's birthday, the 22nd of july this year norway experienced its first terror attack. 3:26 pm a 500 kilo bomb went off in downtown oslo, right by our prime minister jens stoltenberg's office. 7 people are so far confirmed dead by this attack, some are still missing, some are severely injured and still fighting for their life. there's a layer of 10 cm splintered glass in the streets. looks like we're taken back in time back to WW2.
we were throwing my brother a surprise party. while putting on makeup and doing my hair, there were reports about shootings on an island not far from our capital city. an hour later, ten people are confirmed dead. the police confirms having arrested a 32-year old male. on this island our ruling labour party held their yearly youth camp, and about 700 teens were attending. we kept drinking throughout the night, and i kept checking in on the news. in the middle of the night/early morning they adjusted the number of fatalities from 10 to at least 80 at utoya (the island), and still counting. for an hour the terrorist had walked systematically on that island to hunt, shoot and kill innocent, aspiring teenagers. people were hiding. the gunman walked steadily around and shot everyone he came over, shot the ones trying to flee. he shot a ten year old boy's father right in front of him. there are RUMOURS he shot and killed two boys that were no more than 7-8 years old (not confirmed by the police).
the utoya attack is the biggest single-man massacre in newer history. so far 86 people, whereas most of them were teenagers, are dead. five people are still missing. many severely injured and fighting for their life.
i'm still trying to take all of this in. it's so surreal that this has happened in the most peaceful country in the world, the home of the nobel's peace prize.
i also just learned the bomber was considering bombing my home town.
the bomber is a white, christian conservative male. think of this next time you consider calling a muslim a terrorist.
i've spent a couple of hours reading this man, anders behring breivik's, manifesto. he spent nearly ten years planning everything, making a 500 kilo bomb, hiding everything from friends and family. the manifesto suggests he was in an international network of people, which is very scary since he in his manifesto listed two places in my home town as possible places to perform terror. and i live in a small town.
all major norwegian tv-channels are all news and have been the last 48 hours.
here's a video from oslo and utoya. with maria mena singing "mitt lille land" ~ roughly translated "my little country/land".
Mitt lille land, et lite sted der en håndfull fred slengt ut blant vidder og fjord.
My little land, a small place where a handful of peace is thrown out among plains and fjords.
on my big brother's birthday, the 22nd of july this year norway experienced its first terror attack. 3:26 pm a 500 kilo bomb went off in downtown oslo, right by our prime minister jens stoltenberg's office. 7 people are so far confirmed dead by this attack, some are still missing, some are severely injured and still fighting for their life. there's a layer of 10 cm splintered glass in the streets. looks like we're taken back in time back to WW2.
we were throwing my brother a surprise party. while putting on makeup and doing my hair, there were reports about shootings on an island not far from our capital city. an hour later, ten people are confirmed dead. the police confirms having arrested a 32-year old male. on this island our ruling labour party held their yearly youth camp, and about 700 teens were attending. we kept drinking throughout the night, and i kept checking in on the news. in the middle of the night/early morning they adjusted the number of fatalities from 10 to at least 80 at utoya (the island), and still counting. for an hour the terrorist had walked systematically on that island to hunt, shoot and kill innocent, aspiring teenagers. people were hiding. the gunman walked steadily around and shot everyone he came over, shot the ones trying to flee. he shot a ten year old boy's father right in front of him. there are RUMOURS he shot and killed two boys that were no more than 7-8 years old (not confirmed by the police).
the utoya attack is the biggest single-man massacre in newer history. so far 86 people, whereas most of them were teenagers, are dead. five people are still missing. many severely injured and fighting for their life.
i'm still trying to take all of this in. it's so surreal that this has happened in the most peaceful country in the world, the home of the nobel's peace prize.
i also just learned the bomber was considering bombing my home town.
the bomber is a white, christian conservative male. think of this next time you consider calling a muslim a terrorist.
i've spent a couple of hours reading this man, anders behring breivik's, manifesto. he spent nearly ten years planning everything, making a 500 kilo bomb, hiding everything from friends and family. the manifesto suggests he was in an international network of people, which is very scary since he in his manifesto listed two places in my home town as possible places to perform terror. and i live in a small town.
all major norwegian tv-channels are all news and have been the last 48 hours.
here's a video from oslo and utoya. with maria mena singing "mitt lille land" ~ roughly translated "my little country/land".
Click to viewMitt lille land, et lite sted der en håndfull fred slengt ut blant vidder og fjord.
My little land, a small place where a handful of peace is thrown out among plains and fjords.