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Norway Remembers Terror Victims on 1st Anniversary

77 killed by bombs, bullets 1 year ago today

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 22, 2012 5:17 AM CDT

(AP) – Norway is commemorating the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago. Anders Behring Breivik, a 33-year-old far-right fanatic, has admitted to the July 22, 2011, attacks: a bombing of the government headquarters in Oslo, killing eight, and a shooting rampage that left 69 dead at the left-wing Labor Party's youth camp on Utoya island.

In a wreath-laying ceremony today at the bomb site, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Breivik had not succeeded in his declared goal of destroying Norway's commitment to being an inclusive, multicultural society. Stoltenberg said: "The bomb and the gun shots were meant to change Norway. The Norwegian people answered by embracing our values. The perpetrator lost. The people won."

Norwegian Royal family members attend a memorial service at a venue near the site of a bombing which destroyed a government building, in Oslo, Norway, earlier today.
Norwegian Royal family members attend a memorial service at a venue near the site of a bombing which destroyed a government building, in Oslo, Norway, earlier today.   (Schroeder Tor Erik)
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, foreground left, and King Harald, foreground right, attend a memorial ceremony near a site of a government building heavily damaged by a bomb attack, in Oslo, Norway, Sunday, July 22, 2012. Norway will hold a memorial service today to mark the first anniversary of the...
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, foreground left, and King Harald, foreground right, attend a memorial ceremony near a site of a government building heavily damaged by a bomb attack, in Oslo,...   (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Berit Roald, Pool)
Norwegian King Harald, right, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, left, are framed through a wreath as they attend a memorial ceremony near a site of a heavily damaged government building following a bomb attack, in Oslo, Norway, Sunday July 22, 2012. Norway marked the first anniversary of the bombing in...
Norwegian King Harald, right, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, left, are framed through a wreath as they attend a memorial ceremony near a site of a heavily damaged government building following a...   (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Berit Roald, Pool)
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poolman
Jul 23, 2012 7:48 PM CDT
Sorry, I read that as "Penn State Remembers Terror Victims"   how silly of me.
Edgar
Jul 23, 2012 5:09 AM CDT
" People have embraced our values "   I thought multiculturism was to destroy values, to set them aside so that no-one need envy any-one else
HANKHILL
Jul 22, 2012 12:03 PM CDT
sob shoud be long dead by now! norway must be a good place to live if you like to kill people!

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