Explosion in central Oslo

Here's some footage from the attack location just seconds after the explosion: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciQvqBgK-nY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciQvqBgK-nY</a>

I'm living in Oslo.<p>With my friends here there is already a Facebook worm going on which is supposed to show some video footage about the explosion but when you click it you're just spreading/liking the video.<p>Shocking to see how fast spammers are.

We need to partition HN. I love your input, but "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."

And everyone jumped to conclusions that it surely was islamist extremist terrorists, al-qeada or the like. But no, it was a right-wing nationalist anti-islamist (apparently single) guy. I am so glad.

Police just confirmed that at least 80 is killed at Utøya, earlier reports were 9-10. All killed by one gunman, and the deaths (at least 7) from the bomb in Oslo is in addition to these 80. :(

CNN has a timeline that speaks of multiple bombings:<p><a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/22/blast-rips-through-norways-capital-injuries-reported/" rel="nofollow">http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/22/blast-rips-through-norw...</a>

The name and photo of the arrested man has been leaked. Here is his facebook and twitter page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002651290254" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002651290254</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/AndersBBreivik" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/#!/AndersBBreivik</a>

You can watch Al-Jazeera English live for free here: <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/" rel="nofollow">http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/</a> They're covering the Oslo story right now.

He's been identified: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22/anders-behring-breivik-id_n_907513.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22/anders-behring-brei...</a>

I Can't understand. Why this happened to such a peaceful nation ?!

Is there any reason to want to terrorize Norway?

The streets here in Oslo is filled with patrolling soldiers now. Normally you only see a few policemen, and they are almost always unarmed.<p>The guy they have arrested for the massacre may face 21 years in prison.

apparently the shooter on the island was nordic, tall, blonde in appearance. (according to tv2.no news)

More discussion: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2793745" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2793745</a>

"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."<p>150 people don't read the guidelines?

The last peaceful bastion in the world has been take over.

sorry but this article is absolutely awful, my sympathies to the affected victims, but there's not a single analysis of the situation. was it terrorist based, was it a hate crime, why is this stoltenberg guy such an apparent tool, what does his party do, and i love how the article makes an ass out of stoltenberg by possibly mis-quoting him as someone who has a god complex by stating that all govt ministers are ok, what about those injured and killed!? unimportant? obviously the article is against stoltenberg unless he's really that much of an incompassionate dickwad<p>the police in oslo much be very tight lipped, this must also be the first crime aince medieval times :)