Norway Opens New Memorial for 2011 Terror Attack
The memorial includes engraved names and a 12-metre mosaic by artist Matias Faldbakken, marking the deadliest peacetime massacre in Norway's history.
- On Sunday, Norway unveiled a permanent national memorial in Oslo honoring the 77 victims of the 2011 terror attacks, with Crown Prince Haakon, survivors, bereaved relatives, and government officials attending the ceremony.
- The 2011 attacks, Norway's deadliest peacetime massacre, occurred when Anders Behring Breivik detonated a van bomb near government headquarters killing eight people, then shot 69 others, mostly teenagers, at a youth camp on Utoya.
- Norwegian artist Matias Faldbakken designed the 12-metre-high mosaic depicting a wading bird inspired by the Utoya landscape, with all 77 victims' names engraved on the installation.
- Merete Stamneshagen, head of a support group for victims and survivors, said, "July 22, 2011 was a brutal attack not only on individuals, but also on our democracy."
- Authorities sentenced Breivik in 2012 to 21 years in prison, then Norway's maximum penalty, which remains subject to indefinite extension if deemed a continued threat.
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I dag hedrar Norge de 77 personer som dödades i terrorattackerna i Oslo och på Utøya den 22 juli 2011.
In connection with the anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011, a new national memorial and a new 22 July center have been inaugurated in Oslo. However, the center's display of the police uniform that Breivik wore has been questioned by the mother of the youngest victim, reports NRK.
Mor Til Utøya-Offer Forlod Ny Udstilling, Da Hun Hørte, at Breiviks Falske Politiuniform Var Iblandt
Anders Breivik gik i land på Utøya iklædt en hjemmelavet politiuniform, der fik flere until at tro, at han var en velmenende politimand.
Norway commemorated the 77 victims of the attacks in Oslo and Utøya fifteen years ago. A memorial service took place in Oslo Cathedral. King Harald and Queen Sonja were also present.
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informacion.esNorway commemorated this Wednesday the fifteenth anniversary of the greatest tragedy in the recent history of the Scandinavian country, the double attack in Oslo and the island of Utøya committed by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik in 2011, with a balance of 77 deaths.Continue reading....
Fifteen years ago, the right-wing extremist attack killed 77 people. In Oslo, a new monument commemorates the terrorist attacks.
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