91 dead after twin terror attacks in Norway
More than 80 of the victims were on the island of Utoya, where a gunman dressed as a policeman opened fire on youngsters at a politically-themed youth summer camp Friday, following an explosion earlier in nearby capital Oslo.
The suspect arrested has been identified as Anders Behring Breivik, according to media reports in the U.K. and Norway.
Police believe the 32-year-old, six-foot-plus Norwegian acted alone in the bombing of government offices in Oslo and an assault with firearms on a island youth camp less than a hour from the capital.
Norwegian television said that Breivik belongs to right-wing circles in Oslo, and a Swedish newspaper has reported the Breivik has posted on right-wing forums in Norway.
Norwegian media has linked Breivik to a Facebook account in which the poster described himself as a Christian conservative.
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| The blast in Oslo was outside a government office |
At least 17 people are known dead in the two attacks. Seven were killed in the central Oslo bombing, which damaged the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
On the island of Utoya, where Stoltenberg's Labour Party runs a youth camp, at least 10 are dead. A witness reported 20 bodies on the island's shoreline.
There were more than 500 campers on the island when a man dressed as a policeman appeared and began firing two hours after the Oslo bombing.
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