Norway remembers 77 victims of extremist’s attack

FLAGS flew at half-mast as people lay flowers and children blew bubbles outside the cathedral in Norway’s capital yesterday to pay tribute to the 77 people killed in last month’s bombing and shooting massacre by a right-wing extremist.

A memorial service yesterday evening marked the end of a month of mourning in the Scandinavian country that was shocked by the attacks in what is a prosperous and generally tolerant and tranquil society.

The memorial at the Spektrum Arena in central Oslo, which also hosts the Nobel Peace Prize concert, was broadcast live on national television and attended by the families of victims and survivors of the July 22 car bombing and shooting spree.