At least 17 dead in Norway attacks

A BOMB ripped open buildings in the heart of Norway’s government yesterday before a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at an island youth camp connected to the ruling party, leaving at least 17 dead in the attacks.

Seven people were killed in the bomb blast and Oslo police said nine or 10 people were killed at the camp on Utoya island, where the youth wing of the Labour Party was holding a summer camp for hundreds of teenagers.

Acting Police Chief Sveinung Sponheim said the two attacks were believed to be linked — the Norwegian man arrested for the shooting had been spotted in Oslo before the explosion there.