Oslo bombed

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 08:42PM

(Dagbladet): A witness told Dagbladet that he observed a suspicious figure in police uniform, two minutes before the bomb attack on ministries in Oslo. - I sat in my office looking out the window in the OBO on Hammersborg square. I would take a phone and looked out the window. There I saw a tall, slim police officer who was wearing a helmet. He also had high shoulders, as if he had something under his uniform. - The uniformed man sat in a brown or beige light car. It was bigger than a van. It resembled an old Volvo or something. Two minutes later it exploded, said the eyewitness.

http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/07/22/nyheter/innenriks/eksplosjon/regjeringskvartalet/oslo/17417887/

biko · 22-07-2011 08:43PM

10 now in Oslo

Yahew · 22-07-2011 08:45PM

patneve2 wrote: »

Even though there is no certainty it is very likely that it was some white supremacist group. The guy who went on the rampage on the island was Norwegian looking and very tall. As for the reasons behind this atrocity no clue.

The guy could be a convert. I thought some islamic group already claimed this.

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 08:45PM

finansakrobat -

@vplus They are working with that theory, yes. The drive match the times.
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finansakrobat -
Police working on the hypothesis that it is the work of one man!
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finansakrobat -
The suspect wore a blue sweater with police badge. He is not a police officer, the police confirmed.
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finansakrobat -
The police has completed its initial search. Have not found more than 7 dead in oslo centre.

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homerjay2005 · 22-07-2011 08:45PM

possibly the same man did it all, but not confirmed...shocking if thats the case, wonder what would be a motive for a local to do this?

Tabnabs · 22-07-2011 08:46PM

Confirmation that the Norwegian PM was due to travel to the island tomorrow
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/smk/statsministerens-kontor/statsminister_jens_stoltenberg/kalender/2011/statsministeren-til-utoya.html?id=651702

Manic Moran · 22-07-2011 08:47PM

patneve2 wrote: »

Even though there is no certainty it is very likely that it was some white supremacist group. The guy who went on the rampage on the island was Norwegian looking and very tall. As for the reasons behind this atrocity no clue.

John Walker Lindh didn't look particularly muslim either (how does one even look muslim?), and converts can be just as extremist as bred persons.

Choice of target, as well, doesn't strike me as being appropriate for a white supremacist group, but it certainly can't be ruled out.

NTM

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 08:47PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

wonder what would be a motive for a local to do this?

nutjob, far-right...both?

Oh_Noes · 22-07-2011 08:48PM

Is Utoya fully secured or is there a chance that this is still an ongoing situation?

x in the city · 22-07-2011 08:50PM

do muslims do anything apart from bomb ?

x in the city · 22-07-2011 08:50PM

from text "Muslims! They bomb the office of prime minister! Crazy people!"

Kevin Duffy · 22-07-2011 08:50PM

Yahew wrote: »

The guy could be a convert. I thought some islamic group already claimed this.

From what I understand, some US media have reported that an analyst has claimed that a group have claimed responsibility. Long way from a credible claim if that's the case.

Tabnabs · 22-07-2011 08:51PM

Due to the large number of casualties on the island, there are almost continuous requests on the TV news for people with blood type 0- to come to the hospital.

But still tight security around the hospital and police checking carefully all people in or near the hospital

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 08:52PM

Manic Moran wrote: »

Choice of target, as well, doesn't strike me as being appropriate for a white supremacist group, but it certainly can't be ruled out.

or al-Qaeda for that matter, Oslo central train station is close by and would have had a lot more people around for example

having said that, I got married in one of the buildings which appears to have been a target, so maybe a disgruntled wife/husband did it :P

Tabnabs · 22-07-2011 08:52PM

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Is Utoya fully secured or is there a chance that this is still an ongoing situation?

Fully secure. They have done the initial search for casualties and are now doing a "fine search"

Killer Pigeon · 22-07-2011 08:53PM

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Is Utoya fully secured or is there a chance that this is still an ongoing situation?

There are police on Utøya Island according to an eye-witness speaking on Skynews, so it could be secure for now. There are rumours though that explosives could be planted on the island so they don't seem to be out of the woods yet.

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 08:53PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

From what I understand, some US media have reported that an analyst has claimed that a group have claimed responsibility. Long way from a credible claim if that's the case.

I'm sure many extremist groups/internet nerds claim responsibility for things like this, I'd wait and see tbh

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 08:56PM

@finansakrobat
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No one in Norwegian police has connected bombing and shooting with any kind of global terrorism. So far, it seems to be anything but.

local tv claiming one man and not foreign

Duggy747 · 22-07-2011 08:57PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

According to some it seems to be a car bomb(s).

Considering Norway's role in Nato it could've been extremists. I don't think Norway has had any sort of political violence like that before?

Then again, could've been just a plain nutter.

opinion guy wrote: »

Nutters don't plant car bombs they go on shooting sprees.

I find it bizzare considering what we knew earlier to what we sort of know now.

It's sounding more like 1 guy is responsible, who he's affiliated with (if anyone) remains to be seen.

Chuck Stone · 22-07-2011 08:58PM

x in the city wrote: »

do muslims do anything apart from bomb ?

1. There's no proof that it was a' Muslim'
2. There's a difference between an Islamofascist and a Muslim.
3. There are 16 million Muslims in the EU - if all they did was bomb then there'd be thousands and thousands of dead people.
4. Cop, the fcuk, on.

Run_to_da_hills · 22-07-2011 08:59PM

Absurdum wrote: »

local tv claiming one man and not foreign

In other words a false flag backfiring.

Crann na Beatha · 22-07-2011 09:01PM

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Crazy Horse 6 · 22-07-2011 09:02PM

squod wrote: »

They're gonna need plasterers, window fitters, people with sweeping brushes etc.....off to pack me bags before some Irish company hires a load of ''interns'' to do all these jobs for free!

:pac:

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 09:02PM

finansakrobat -
The bomb was at 15:26 and the shooting at 17:19. Again, the drive is a little over 30 min, perhaps 45.

http://twitter.com/#!/finansakrobat

smilerxxx · 22-07-2011 09:03PM

Seems like a very big job just for one person though.

Oh_Noes · 22-07-2011 09:03PM

I'm not at all convinced that this has anything to do with Islamic extremists.

If anything it really reminds me of the Port Arthur Massacre. One sociopathic person working alone who's very angry at the world. Especially since these reports of a suspicious man in police uniform near the scene of the explosion.

Crazy Horse 6 · 22-07-2011 09:05PM

x in the city wrote: »

do muslims do anything apart from bomb ?

No your right they don't just like those bloody Irish in the 80's and 90's blowing up parts of the UK, all of them fecking Irish are killers.:rolleyes:

Absurdum · 22-07-2011 09:06PM

smilerxxx wrote: »

Seems like a very big job just for one person though.

not at all, one bomb and a few guns

Norway has mandatory military service for men so there's probably a lot of people with the knowledge of both

Kevin Duffy · 22-07-2011 09:07PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

In other words a false flag backfiring.

So you think it might have been an operation designed to deceive, which failed to deceive.

You don't think that maybe cartoonish Islamaphobe speculation with no facts may have been responsible for the initial misidrection and the perpetrator may turn out to be one person who wasn't attempting to mislead, just to kill, no?

Turtwig · 22-07-2011 09:08PM

Just to remind people about U.S think tanks and 'expert' groups claiming to know stuff.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcJohfS4vTQ

This is looking a lot like a single person. Hardest kind of attack to detect and stop too.:(

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