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Norway Attacks
Norway Attacks
Eyewitness Ingunn Anderson says she saw many injured people
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Norway has been hit by twin attacks - a massive bomb blast in the capital and a shooting attack on young people at a governing Labour Party youth camp.
At least seven people were killed in the bombing, which inflicted huge damage on government buildings in Oslo.
A few hours later a gunman opened fire at the camp on an island outside Oslo, killing at least 10.
The suspected gunman was arrested at the camp and the government have confirmed that he is Norwegian.
Police have said the 32-year-old suspect was also linked with the bomb attack.
Witnesses described the gunman as tall, blonde and say he was dressed as a policeman.
'Shaken by evil'
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, whose Oslo offices were among those damaged by the bomb, described the attacks as "bloody and cowardly".
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Analysis
Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News
The prime minister and justice minister have declined to speculate on a motive behind the attack but police are saying that they believe the car bomb and the shooting are linked and that they have a suspect in custody from Utoeya.
The ministers are confirming he is Norwegian. During the day, after an initial focus on an al-Qaeda link, the possibility of domestic extremism increasingly came into focus.
The choice of targets - government buildings and a political youth rally - suggested a possible political agenda rather than the mass casualty approach typically employed by al-Qaeda.
Constructing a large car bomb requires a degree of sophistication and the crucial factor for the police will be establishing how many people are behind this attack, whether any are still at large and to whom they might be connected.
He said Norway had been "shaken by evil" but that Norwegian democracy and ideals would not be destroyed.
"We are a small nation and a proud nation. No-one will bomb us to silence, no-one will shoot us to silence," he said in a televised address.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
There are fears the number of dead from both attacks could rise, says the BBC's Richard Galpin, north of Oslo.
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