http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/norway-blast-idUSLDE76L14120110722
happened half an hour ago
happened half an hour ago
A huge explosion damaged government buildings in central Oslo on Friday including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office, injuring several people, a Reuters witness said.
The blast blew out most windows on the 17-storey building housing Stoltenberg's office, as well as nearby ministries including the oil ministry, which was on fire.
Reuters correspondent Walter Gibbs said he counted at least eight injured people. The cause of the blast was unknown but the tangled wreckage of a car was outside one building. Police and fire officials declined comment on the cause.
So it seems that they decline to comment on what caused the explosion, but I guess there is no heavy industry in the government district... Does look like terrorism to me. It is a bit surprising that Norway would be hit. They don't have a large immigrant population and have not been more active in interventions than anybody else.
(CNN) -- Two explosions rocked government buildings in Oslo, Norway, on Friday, state TV and witnesses said.
Windows in several buildings had been blown out, and people were in the street bleeding, state TV broadcaster NRK said on its website.
A first explosion was followed by a second, a reporter for Norwegian state broadcaster NRK told CNN on Friday.
One explosion happened near a government building housing the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, said the reporter, Linda Reinholdsen. Another hit near the Norwegian parliament, she said.
Several buildings in Oslo were on fire, she said, and smoke was pouring from them.
Walter Gibbs, a journalist with Reuters, said he saw eight injured people, including two or three with serious wounds and one who looked dead.
Gibbs said he believes one explosion happened on an upper floor of a main government building. He said it blew out every window on the side of the building where the blast occurred.
One of the blasts damaged the Oil Ministry and left it in flames, he said.
Reuters reported that Stoltenberg was safe.
Norway have any separatists or other unruly locals?
Actually, they do:They don't have a large immigrant population and have not been more active in interventions than anybody else.
Norway has experienced problems with several homegrown terror plots linked to al Qaeda.
Last week, a Norwegian prosecutor filed terror charges against an Iraqi-born cleric for threatening Norwegian politicians with death if he was deported.
why the hell would anyone target norway? salmon rights activists??
The blast comes as Norway grapples with a homegrown terror plot linked to al-Qaida. Two suspects are in jail awaiting charges.
Last week, a Norwegian prosecutor filed terror charges against an Iraqi-born cleric for threatening Norwegian politicians with death if he is deported from the Scandinavian country.