Tragedy in Norway. Double terrorist attack in Norway. Review of events. Buying weapons in Norway

Act of terrorism in Norway on July 22, 2011- two terrorist attacks that occurred on the same day in Oslo and on the island of Utøya. Police believe the attacks are related.

Norwegian citizen 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik was arrested for the shooting on Utøya. According to the suspect's lawyer, Geir Lippestad, he confessed to committing both terrorist attacks.

KilledWounded
69* 62*** Of these, 65 were shot by Breivik on the spot, 1 drowned trying to escape, 1 died falling from a cliff, 1 died from wounds on the way from the island, 1 died in the hospital.
** According to some sources - 66. The indictment refers to 32 camp participants wounded by Breivik. One of the reports on the events of July 22 said that more than 100 people were injured on Utøya, including various injuries (bruises, cuts, etc.) while fleeing, and also suffered from hypothermia in the water, the temperature of which was about + 14 degrees.

Of these, 8 were immigrants (not including a Georgian citizen who was visiting Norway).

The average age of those killed (not including three people over 30 years old) was 17.7 years.

Breivik fired 121 shots from a 9mm Glock 34 pistol and 171 shots from a Ruger Mini-14 rifle. At the time of his arrest, 374 pistol and 765 rifle cartridges remained in his arsenal.

All those killed and wounded on Utoya belonged, according to Breivik's classification, to category B traitors(leaders and board members of regional branches of the AUF ("Workers' Youth League", the youth wing of the Workers' Party (WP), their deputies, activists of the organization) and traitorscategory C(ordinary AUF members and sympathizers).

Breivik failed to be executed category A traitors– former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland, who was his main goal(she left the island before Breivik arrived), and the head of the AUF Eskila Pedersen a, who, along with several of his closest assistants, fled the island by boat after hearing the shooting.

Preparation

According to reports, Breivik began expressing his ideas on Internet forums in the summer of 2009. He began preparing for the attack itself in the fall of 2009. At the same time, he visited his friend Peter in Hungary and found that the Hungarian women were very beautiful, but refused all connections with them, because this, in his own opinion, could interfere with his “Great Goal”.

Also in early 2010, he communicated with the famous British anti-Islamist blogger Paul Ray and, according to the latter, may have drawn inspiration from Ray's blogs. However, despite their communication, the blogger refused to add Breivik as a friend on the social network Facebook, as he did not like the appearance of the future terrorist.

According to the investigation, there is reason to believe that Breivik was closely associated with British radicals. According to Foreign Policy, in 2002 in London, he and nine others founded the Knights Templar organization, whose goal was to “seize control of Western European countries and implement a conservative political agenda.” As The Guardian notes, it was then that he met his mentor, who called himself Richard, after Richard the Lionheart.

Attempt to buy a weapon in the Czech Republic

In August - September 2010, Breivik spent 6 days in Prague, where he tried to purchase firearms. However, in his own words, he was a little afraid of the trip, as he had heard that Central Europe has “the most cruel and cynical criminals.” On the second day of his stay, he received a referral to mining, so that no one would suspect him of preparing a terrorist attack. Anders was going to buy a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a Glock 17 pistol, as well as hand grenades. He was also in possession of a false police ID and uniform, which he had illegally purchased online and was wearing during the attack. Ultimately, he failed to carry out his plan and went back to Norway.

Buying weapons in Norway

Anders also tried to buy weapons in Berlin and Belgrade, but again nothing worked out. (In total, in preparation for the terrorist attack, Breivik visited 20 countries). Then he decided to obtain a semi-automatic rifle and pistol legally in Norway. Legally this did not pose a problem as he had no criminal record, had a hunter's license and had owned a Benelli Nova pump-action shotgun for seven years. Upon his return from Europe, Breivik received permission to own a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic carbine for the purpose of “deer hunting”; he bought it in the fall of 2010 for 1300 euros. Obtaining a pistol permit was more difficult, since for this you had to not only be a member of the shooting club, but also show attendance.

Breivik visited the Oslo shooting club 15 times between November 2010 and January 2011 and was then given permission to purchase a Glock 17 pistol. He also used the computer shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for shooting practice.

In March 2011, Breivik bought components for an explosive device online from a fertilizer seller in Wroclaw, Poland. On May 18, 2009, Anders Behring Breivik registered his own vegetable growing company called “Breivik Geofarm,” which explained the purchase of so many fertilizers. Later, the Pole was brought in as a witness in the case of terrorist attacks.

On April 27, 2011, he assembled his first explosive device. During May-June, he collected 20 explosive devices of varying power. On June 13, 2011, he carried out his first test explosion in a vacant lot in the suburbs of Oslo. On July 15, 2011, he rented a Volkswagen Crafter. On July 18, he installed the most powerful explosive device he had assembled inside. On July 21, he ordered a prostitute to his home for 2,000 euros, with whom he spent the whole night. On the morning of July 22, he visited church in Oslo.

Terrorist attack in Oslo

On July 22, 2011 at 15:25:22 (local time) an explosion occurred in the Government Quarter of Oslo. According to police reports, a radio-controlled bomb weighing about 500 kilograms planted in a Volkswagen Crafter was made from agricultural fertilizers based on ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel.

The first message about the explosion was received by the police a minute and a half later, at 15:26. Two minutes later, the first police and ambulance vehicles arrived on the scene.

Seven people died from the explosion on the spot, another died in hospital from his injuries, 209 people were injured, 15 of them seriously. Government members were among the victims. The explosion damaged nearby buildings, including the Ministry of Oil Industry and the editorial office of the tabloid Verdens Gang. A fire broke out in one of them, and glass in buildings on a nearby street was broken by the blast wave. Police cordoned off the scene and urged everyone to leave the city center if possible.

Massacre on Utøya

An hour and a half later (that is, about 17:00 local time) after the explosion in the center of Oslo, Anders Behring Breivik reached ferry crossing off the island of Utøya. At this time, a traditional youth summer camp of the ruling Workers' Party was held on the island, in which 655 people aged 14-25 took part.

Dressed in the uniform of a police officer, Anders presented a fake ID and reported the need for safety training in connection with the terrorist attack in the capital. Having gathered several dozen young Social Democrats around him at about 17:22 in the evening, he opened aimed fire on them; he killed 67 people (including one citizen of Georgia and the half-brother of the Crown Princess of Norway). The shooting, which lasted about 73 minutes, caused panic and many people rushed into the water in an attempt to escape. Two young people drowned while trying to swim away from the island. About 110 people received various injuries, including non-gunshot wounds. There are two known cases in which Breivik spared his victims: an 11-year-old boy whose father he had just killed and a 22-year-old young man who begged the terrorist to spare his life.

After the arrival of the police (counter-terrorism unit Beredskapstroppen), the terrorist surrendered at 18:35, two minutes after the police arrived on the island. Moreover, his first words after his arrest were “I’m finished...” During the massacre, Breivik was wearing headphones and listening to the soundtrack from the trailer for the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, arranged by “Requiem for a Tower” (composer Clint Mansell, version of the soundtrack to the film by Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream), using it as a means to suppress fear. Police also suspect that he was videotaping the shooting.

International reaction

Consequences

On August 19, 2011, Polish police arrested a 17-year-old teenager for threatening to repeat the act of Anders Behring Breivik and cause an explosion in Warsaw.
On August 28, Norwegian police arrested a far-right nationalist on charges of illegal possession of weapons and explosives.
On September 2, Norwegian police decided to talk with British radicals and anti-Islamists whom the terrorist mentioned in his manifesto and in his testimony. 186 spent cartridges found on the island

Investigation and trial

On August 24, 2012, the court found the “Norwegian shooter” Anders Breivik sane, guilty of the death of 77 people in 2011 and sentenced him to 21 years in prison. Breivik himself does not hope to ever be released.

Before his trial, he was kept under special supervision in solitary confinement in a special prison, which was a Nazi camp during World War II.

Terrorist attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011- two terrorist attacks that occurred on the same day in Oslo and on the island of Utøya. Police believe the attacks are related.

Norwegian citizen 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik was arrested for the shooting on Utøya. According to the suspect's lawyer, Geir Lippestad, he confessed to committing both terrorist attacks.

KilledWounded
69* 62*** Of these, 65 were shot by Breivik on the spot, 1 drowned trying to escape, 1 died falling from a cliff, 1 died from wounds on the way from the island, 1 died in the hospital.
** According to some sources - 66. The indictment refers to 32 camp participants wounded by Breivik. One of the reports on the events of July 22 said that more than 100 people were injured on Utøya, including various injuries (bruises, cuts, etc.) while fleeing, and also suffered from hypothermia in the water, the temperature of which was about + 14 degrees.

Of these, 8 were immigrants (not including a Georgian citizen who was visiting Norway).

The average age of those killed (not including three people over 30 years old) was 17.7 years.

Breivik fired 121 shots from a 9mm Glock 34 pistol and 171 shots from a Ruger Mini-14 rifle. At the time of his arrest, 374 pistol and 765 rifle cartridges remained in his arsenal.

All those killed and wounded on Utoya belonged, according to Breivik's classification, to category B traitors(leaders and board members of regional branches of the AUF ("Workers' Youth League", the youth wing of the Workers' Party (WP), their deputies, activists of the organization) and traitorscategory C(ordinary AUF members and sympathizers).

Breivik failed to be executed category A traitors– former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland, who was his main target (she left the island before Breivik arrived), and the leader of the AUF Eskila Pedersen a, who, along with several of his closest assistants, fled the island by boat after hearing the shooting.

Preparation

According to reports, Breivik began expressing his ideas on Internet forums in the summer of 2009. He began preparing for the attack itself in the fall of 2009. At the same time, he visited his friend Peter in Hungary and found that the Hungarian women were very beautiful, but refused all connections with them, because this, in his own opinion, could interfere with his “Great Goal”.

Also in early 2010, he communicated with the famous British anti-Islamist blogger Paul Ray and, according to the latter, may have drawn inspiration from Ray's blogs. However, despite their communication, the blogger refused to add Breivik as a friend on the social network Facebook, as he did not like the appearance of the future terrorist.

According to the investigation, there is reason to believe that Breivik was closely associated with British radicals. According to Foreign Policy, in 2002 in London, he and nine others founded the Knights Templar organization, whose goal was to “seize control of Western European countries and implement a conservative political agenda.” As The Guardian notes, it was then that he met his mentor, who called himself Richard, after Richard the Lionheart.

Attempt to buy a weapon in the Czech Republic

In August - September 2010, Breivik spent 6 days in Prague, where he tried to purchase firearms. However, in his own words, he was a little afraid of the trip, as he had heard that Central Europe has “the most cruel and cynical criminals.” On the second day of his stay, he received a referral to mining, so that no one would suspect him of preparing a terrorist attack. Anders was going to buy a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a Glock 17 pistol, as well as hand grenades. He was also in possession of a false police ID and uniform, which he had illegally purchased online and was wearing during the attack. Ultimately, he failed to carry out his plan and went back to Norway.

Buying weapons in Norway

Anders also tried to buy weapons in Berlin and Belgrade, but again nothing worked out. (In total, in preparation for the terrorist attack, Breivik visited 20 countries). Then he decided to obtain a semi-automatic rifle and pistol legally in Norway. Legally this did not pose a problem as he had no criminal record, had a hunter's license and had owned a Benelli Nova pump-action shotgun for seven years. Upon his return from Europe, Breivik received permission to own a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic carbine for the purpose of “deer hunting”; he bought it in the fall of 2010 for 1300 euros. Obtaining a pistol permit was more difficult, since for this you had to not only be a member of the shooting club, but also show attendance.

Breivik visited the Oslo shooting club 15 times between November 2010 and January 2011 and was then given permission to purchase a Glock 17 pistol. He also used the computer shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for shooting practice.

In March 2011, Breivik bought components for an explosive device online from a fertilizer seller in Wroclaw, Poland. On May 18, 2009, Anders Behring Breivik registered his own vegetable growing company called “Breivik Geofarm,” which explained the purchase of so many fertilizers. Later, the Pole was brought in as a witness in the case of terrorist attacks.

On April 27, 2011, he assembled his first explosive device. During May-June, he collected 20 explosive devices of varying power. On June 13, 2011, he carried out his first test explosion in a vacant lot in the suburbs of Oslo. On July 15, 2011, he rented a Volkswagen Crafter. On July 18, he installed the most powerful explosive device he had assembled inside. On July 21, he ordered a prostitute to his home for 2,000 euros, with whom he spent the whole night. On the morning of July 22, he visited church in Oslo.

Terrorist attack in Oslo

On July 22, 2011 at 15:25:22 (local time) an explosion occurred in the Government Quarter of Oslo. According to police reports, a radio-controlled bomb weighing about 500 kilograms planted in a Volkswagen Crafter was made from agricultural fertilizers based on ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel.

The first message about the explosion was received by the police a minute and a half later, at 15:26. Two minutes later, the first police and ambulance vehicles arrived on the scene.

Seven people died from the explosion on the spot, another died in hospital from his injuries, 209 people were injured, 15 of them seriously. Government members were among the victims. The explosion damaged nearby buildings, including the Ministry of Oil Industry and the editorial office of the tabloid Verdens Gang. A fire broke out in one of them, and glass in buildings on a nearby street was broken by the blast wave. Police cordoned off the scene and urged everyone to leave the city center if possible.

Massacre on Utøya

An hour and a half later (that is, about 17:00 local time) after the explosion in the center of Oslo, Anders Behring Breivik reached the ferry crossing near the island of Utøya in a passenger car. At this time, a traditional youth summer camp of the ruling Workers' Party was held on the island, in which 655 people aged 14-25 took part.

Dressed in the uniform of a police officer, Anders presented a fake ID and reported the need for safety training in connection with the terrorist attack in the capital. Having gathered several dozen young Social Democrats around him at about 17:22 in the evening, he opened aimed fire on them; he killed 67 people (including one citizen of Georgia and the half-brother of the Crown Princess of Norway). The shooting, which lasted about 73 minutes, caused panic and many people rushed into the water in an attempt to escape. Two young people drowned while trying to swim away from the island. About 110 people received various injuries, including non-gunshot wounds. There are two known cases in which Breivik spared his victims: an 11-year-old boy whose father he had just killed and a 22-year-old young man who begged the terrorist to spare his life.

After the arrival of the police (counter-terrorism unit Beredskapstroppen), the terrorist surrendered at 18:35, two minutes after the police arrived on the island. Moreover, his first words after his arrest were “I’m finished...” During the massacre, Breivik was wearing headphones and listening to the soundtrack from the trailer for the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, arranged by “Requiem for a Tower” (composer Clint Mansell, version of the soundtrack to the film by Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream), using it as a means to suppress fear. Police also suspect that he was videotaping the shooting.

International reaction

Consequences

On August 19, 2011, Polish police arrested a 17-year-old teenager for threatening to repeat the act of Anders Behring Breivik and cause an explosion in Warsaw.
On August 28, Norwegian police arrested a far-right nationalist on charges of illegal possession of weapons and explosives.
On September 2, Norwegian police decided to talk with British radicals and anti-Islamists whom the terrorist mentioned in his manifesto and in his testimony. 186 spent cartridges found on the island

Investigation and trial

On August 24, 2012, the court found the “Norwegian shooter” Anders Breivik sane, guilty of the death of 77 people in 2011 and sentenced him to 21 years in prison. Breivik himself does not hope to ever be released.

Before his trial, he was kept under special supervision in solitary confinement in a special prison, which was a Nazi camp during World War II.

A year ago, Anders Breivik carried out a double terrorist attack that killed 77 people and injured 151.

July 22, 2011 There was a double terrorist attack in Norway. First, at a complex of government buildings in the center of the Norwegian capital Oslo, where the Prime Minister's office is located. The power of the explosive device, according to experts, ranged from 400 to 700 kilograms of TNT. The explosives were planted in a Volkswagen Crafter parked a few meters from the entrance to the Prime Minister's office.

About 250 people were in the government building at the time of the explosion.

A few hours later, a man in a Norwegian Workers' Party police uniform is on the island of Utøya.

The island of Utøya is located 30 kilometers from Oslo in the Buskerud area on Lake Tyrifjord. It belongs to the youth wing of the Norwegian Labor Party, which is visited annually by about 560 people.

Preparations for the Breivik terrorist attack. He distanced himself from friends and family, stopped actively communicating with others, and meditated a lot.

Every day during 2006, he played the online game World of Warcraft, which helped him develop strategy and attack tactics. The defendant himself explained that since it is extremely difficult to legally purchase weapons in Norway, he had to join a shooting club, become a member of which and train in shooting.

According to Breivik, in order to get to the island, he told the carrier in the boat that he urgently needed to go to the camp - to report on the explosion of the government quarter in Oslo.

At the campground, he was going to scare as many people as possible with shots and drive them into the water so that they would drown.

July 24 Norwegian police conducted a special operation to search for possible participants in the terrorist attacks in Oslo; six people were detained, who were then released due to lack of evidence.

On the same day, Breivik's lawyer made a statement that his client.

July 25, 2011 The first court hearings in the case of Breivik, accused of committing two terrorist attacks, were held in Oslo. By court decision, he was prohibited from meeting with his loved ones, as well as any correspondence.

April 16, 2012 The trial of Anders Breivik, accused of murdering 77 people, began in Oslo District Court.

21st of June Norwegian prosecutor's office to a psychiatric clinic. This decision means that the prosecution has recognized Breivik as mentally ill, despite conflicting expert opinions about his state of health.

The first forensic examination, completed at the end of November 2011, showed that Breivik suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and cannot be prosecuted, but must be sent for compulsory treatment. The Oslo District Court decided to order a second independent examination. April 10, 2012 experts recognized Breivik as sane and aware of his actions.

22nd of June, on the final day of court arguments, Breivik's lawyer demanded the mildest possible punishment for his client and stated that his client should be declared sane.

Breivik himself previously told the court that, and demands that he be punished in accordance with the criminal code.

Breivik, making his final plea, pleaded not guilty and stated that he acted in the interests of indigenous Norwegians, whom.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti

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Last Friday, July 22, 2011 in Norway - one of the calmest and prosperous countries the world experienced the largest crisis since World War II, for which it was completely unprepared.

Norwegian police have reduced the total number of victims of the two terrorist attacks from 93 to 76 people. Anders Breivik, who shot 68 people on the island of Utøya, told a Norwegian investigator that he was ready to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Review of last Friday's events.

Explosion in the center of Oslo

An explosion near a complex of government buildings in the center of Oslo, where the Prime Minister's office is located, occurred on July 22 at 17.22 Moscow time. According to updated data, 8 people died as a result of the explosion. A bomb exploded between, presumably, a parked car.

(Photo by Morten Holm | AFP):



Injured, central Oslo, July 22, 2011. (Photo by Per Thrana | Reuters):

An explosion in central Oslo damaged several buildings, including the Prime Minister's office, July 22, 2011. (Photo by Fartein Rudjord | AP):

In small, quiet and calm Norway there has never been anything like this. For example, living in Russia, it is difficult to imagine that until that day almost any person on the street could calmly and without being searched go into the office of the country's leading officials. This is evidenced by Russian correspondents who have worked in Norway for many years. It was another, incomprehensible to us, quiet world. Now, perhaps, a lot will change, and the level of security in the country will be completely different.

(Photo by Thomas Winje Oijord | Reuters):

Broken windows of a government building in central Oslo, July 23, 2011. (Photo by Vegard Grott | Reuters):

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg visits the site of a bomb explosion in central Oslo, July 26, 2011. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images):

Execution on the island of Utøya

On the tragic day, there were about 700 people in the camp on the island. (Photo by Vegard Grott | Reuters):

A few hours after the explosion in the center of Oslo, a man in a police uniform opened fire on an island near the Norwegian capital at a youth camp for activists of the ruling Labor Party.

Quiet Norway was absolutely not ready for such events. This may explain the fact that the police arrived at the scene of the tragedy only an hour and a half later after a shooting was reported.

The Norwegian police explained their slow actions: “The employees of the nearest department, where they were the first to learn about the tragedy, were prevented from getting to the island by the lack of transport.” To the question “Where were the island police?”, the main office of the police department also did not find an answer.

On July 22, 2011, while the police were getting to the island of Utøya, according to the latest data, Anders Breivik, constantly changing clips, shot 68 people in 1.5 hours. The Norwegian police were simply not prepared for a lone terrorist.

The photo was taken from a helicopter approaching the island. It shows Anders Breivik walking with a weapon among the dead, July 22, 2011. (Photo by Marius Arnesen | Reuters):

Some tried to swim to escape the island, but the water temperature was too cold, July 22, 2011. (Reuters Photo):

After 1.5 hours, special forces arrived on the island, July 22, 2011. Shooting people Anders Breivik immediately surrendered.(Jan Bjerkeli | Reuters):

Some survivors from the island of Utøya, They say there were two shooters. Evacuation of casualties and wounded, July 22, 2011. (AFP Photo | Getty Images):

Rescuers are searching for the bodies of those who may have drowned while fleeing the island. cold water, July 23, 2011. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand | AFP):

An impromptu memorial on the shore of a lake opposite the island of Utøya, July 24, 2011. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch | Reuters):

Day of Remembrance

Yesterday, July 25, 2011 in Norway on the streets largest cities Hundreds of thousands of people came out. Many carried torches in memory of the dead. The main mourning events took place in Oslo. At least 100 thousand people took to the streets of the city.

(Photo by Odd Andersen | AFP | Getty Images):

Among the dead was policeman Trond Berntsen, half-brother of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, heir to the Norwegian throne. (Reuters Photo):

On Saturday, Anders Breivik was charged with terrorism. The maximum penalty he faces under Norwegian law is 21 years in prison. His trial is being held behind closed doors. It should also be said that by our standards, prisons in Norway look like good sanatoriums.

The terrorist himself stated at the first court hearing that his goal was “not to kill as many people as possible, but to send a clear signal about the problems in the country” to others, in particular, one of his motives was “Islamic colonization of Europe.” Breivik will spend the next 8 weeks, while the preliminary investigation continues, in one of the Norwegian prisons. All contact with the outside world, including reading newspapers, television, radio and dating anyone, is prohibited. (Photo by Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen | AP):

The father of Norwegian Anders Breivik, accused of committing acts of terror in Oslo and on the island of Utøya, said that it would be better for his son to commit suicide. Jens Breivik, who lives in a small French village, said this in an interview with the Norwegian television channel TV2. The retired diplomat admitted that he still cannot believe what happened and never intends to communicate with his son again.

Flowers and the Norwegian flag near Oslo Cathedral, July 24, 2011. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton | Reuters):

I arrived in Oslo on Sunday, July 24th. The minute of silence announced exactly at noon found me at passport control. For a minute all traffic froze, people stopped, then everything started working as usual again.

Torchlight processions were planned across the country on Monday to honor the victims. Since such a procession promised to be especially numerous in Oslo, the torches were replaced with flowers. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

Next to the building where the editorial office of the VG newspaper is located, there is still broken glass and fragments of window frames lying around. This building is located next to the government quarter where the explosion occurred and which is now completely cordoned off by police, July 25, 2011. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

By six o'clock every passerby in the center of Oslo had flowers in their hands, and it seemed that the whole city was gathering in the square near the city hall. There were a lot of people, but there was not a hint of panic, disorder, or aggression. People came with children (and in an ordinary Norwegian family there are three of them), dogs, and went to the square in large friendly groups. A small stage was installed on the square, powerful sound speakers were lifted up on cranes, and a giant video screen was installed. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

I got to the stage, called the policeman and showed him my press card. Without any hope, however, that I would be allowed into the enclosed space. Surprisingly, after looking at the card and looking me up and down, the policeman nodded: “Come in, you can.”

It was absolutely amazing, of course, because members of the royal family, the prime minister, and famous politicians were expected here. For the next two hours, I walked here completely unhindered, was at arm's length from Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the Crown Prince - no one pulled me back, stopped me, or checked the contents of my pockets and bag.

Within an hour after the end of the working day, more than 150,000 people gathered in the square - a boundless sea of ​​people flooded the square near the city hall, and all the surrounding streets, almost the entire center of Oslo, July 25, 2011. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

From the royal family, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit came to the square along with Princess Märtha Louise. “The mother of all Norwegians” also arrived, former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland, who almost became a victim of a terrorist - she left the island that Friday shortly before Breivik appeared there, July 25, 2011. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

The square raised its flowers to welcome Crown Prince Haakon as he took the stage. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

Entering the stage, the Crown Prince read a quatrain of his own composition. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

Crown Prince Haakon: “It is in our power to decide to stick together - this concerns each of us, this concerns both me and you,” July 25, 2011. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

Similar meetings of people took place throughout the country. Yesterday I was able to see once again what amazing people live in Norway.

People ask me, will Norway change after the terrorist attack? Everyone who came out to the squares and streets of the country yesterday wants it to remain the same, and I am sure that it will be so, July 25, 2011. (Photo by Rustem Adagamov):

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Flowers near the island of Utøya, where 68 people were killed, Norway, July 24, 2011. (Photo by Frank Augstein | AP):


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