He is a 32 year old Norwegian man. He identifies himself as a christian conservative. However being christian conservative is not exactly the same as in the US.
I've seen some of his internet postings, he was very active online. It's all very quasi intellectual and anti-muslim, anti-socialist.

It all makes sense to me now.

There's national holiday time so there's not that many people around the city. The death toll from the bomb would have been huge if it was a normal weekday.

Still, the bomb was an attack on state power, on the institutions themselves. Then he went to Utøya Island, which is one hour away. It corresponds pretty well with the time. Utøya is an annual convention for the labour party youth, and is seen as a must-go place if you're ambitious within the labour party. It's almost like a political factory. They have fun, games and seminars etc, but mostly it's about networking.

He dressed as a police officer, gained access to the island and called people to gather around him. Then he opened fire. And he kept firing for at least an hour. 700 people were there, mostly 14-18 year olds. He was cheering and hooting while he was shooting people. It was obviously an attack on the political left, right at the heart of their power structure. It is fashionable for right-wingers in this country to blame the labour party for the influx of muslim immigrants.

The police responded impressively quickly, considering their attention was diverted to the city. A special police squad went out there by helicopter and managed to somehow apprehend him unharmed.

The latest info is that he was a member of the far-right Progress Party. They arent nazis, but when i say far right in Norway, i mean something like a normal Republican or blue dog Democrat. They are anti-state, anti-left and anti-muslim. But they love to spend state money on defense and police. Sound familliar?


The death toll so far stands at 91.


Norwegian PM yesterday: "Our answer to violence is even more transparency, more democracy".