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Sat, 07/23/2011 - 14:00
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Iran Condoles with Norway over Blasts Victims
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in a message to his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store voiced his deep sorrow over the death of a number of Norwegian nationals in a deadly blast in Oslo.
In his message, Salehi condemned the terrorist attack, and condoled with Gahr Store on the blast which claimed lives of scores of Norwegian citizens.
He also expressed sympathy with the bereaved families of the victims of the incident.
In the message, the Iranian foreign minister further condoled with the Norwegian government and nation on the tragic incident.
Norway was today coming to terms with one of the worst atrocities in recent European history as police revealed that 91 people died in the Friday attacks in the center of Oslo and on a nearby island summer camp, apparently the work of a lone gunman.
The killings, it now seems clear, were carried out by a 32-year old Norwegian, named by local media as Anders Behring Breivik, who had expressed far-right views, and had dressed as a policeman to carry out his bomb attack on government buildings in central Oslo before heading to the island of Utoya, where he shot at least 84 people.
Survivors of the island attack, which took place barely two hours after a huge bomb was detonated close to the offices of Norway's prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, described how the gunmen moved across the small, wooded Utoya holiday island on Friday firing at random as young people scattered in fear.
Teenagers at the lakeside camp organized by Stoltenberg's ruling Labor party fled screaming in panic, many leaping into the water or climbing trees to save themselves, when the attacker began spraying them with gunfire.
"A paradise island has been transformed into a hell," Stoltenberg told a news conference on Saturday morning.
He said he did not want to speculate on the motives of the attacks, but added, "Compared to other countries I wouldn't say we have a big problem with rightwing extremists in Norway. But we have had some groups, we have followed them before, and our police is aware that there are some rightwing groups."
Police spokesman Roger Andresen said of Behring Breivik, who was arrested by anti-terrorism officers at the scene of the shooting: "He is clear on the point that he wants to explain himself."
Andersen said the suspect also posted on websites with Christian fundamentalist tendencies. He did not describe the websites in any more details.
In his message, Salehi condemned the terrorist attack, and condoled with Gahr Store on the blast which claimed lives of scores of Norwegian citizens.
He also expressed sympathy with the bereaved families of the victims of the incident.
In the message, the Iranian foreign minister further condoled with the Norwegian government and nation on the tragic incident.
Norway was today coming to terms with one of the worst atrocities in recent European history as police revealed that 91 people died in the Friday attacks in the center of Oslo and on a nearby island summer camp, apparently the work of a lone gunman.
The killings, it now seems clear, were carried out by a 32-year old Norwegian, named by local media as Anders Behring Breivik, who had expressed far-right views, and had dressed as a policeman to carry out his bomb attack on government buildings in central Oslo before heading to the island of Utoya, where he shot at least 84 people.
Survivors of the island attack, which took place barely two hours after a huge bomb was detonated close to the offices of Norway's prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, described how the gunmen moved across the small, wooded Utoya holiday island on Friday firing at random as young people scattered in fear.
Teenagers at the lakeside camp organized by Stoltenberg's ruling Labor party fled screaming in panic, many leaping into the water or climbing trees to save themselves, when the attacker began spraying them with gunfire.
"A paradise island has been transformed into a hell," Stoltenberg told a news conference on Saturday morning.
He said he did not want to speculate on the motives of the attacks, but added, "Compared to other countries I wouldn't say we have a big problem with rightwing extremists in Norway. But we have had some groups, we have followed them before, and our police is aware that there are some rightwing groups."
Police spokesman Roger Andresen said of Behring Breivik, who was arrested by anti-terrorism officers at the scene of the shooting: "He is clear on the point that he wants to explain himself."
Andersen said the suspect also posted on websites with Christian fundamentalist tendencies. He did not describe the websites in any more details.
