Carnage in Norway

At least 17 people were killed yesterday after a bomb ripped open buildings in the heart of Norway’s government while a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at an island youth camp connected to the ruling party.

Seven people were killed in the blast in Oslo.

Police confirmed at least 10 deaths in the camp shootings on the island of Utoya, the peaceful nation’s worst violence since World War II.

A witness told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he saw “very many dead by the shore” of the camp on Utoya, where the youth wing of the Labour Party was holding a summer camp for hundreds of youths.

Police did not immediately confirm the account, but Acting Police Chief Sveinung Sponheim said a suspect in the shooting has been arrested. He said police were still trying to get an overview of the camp shooting and could not say whether there was more than one gunman.

Police Chief Sponheim said the arrested man was linked to the bombing in Oslo, the capital and the city where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded.