2011 Norway attacks

Also known as Oslo explosion, 2011, Oslo explosion, Oslo bombing, 2011 Oslo bomb, 2011 bomb in Oslo, 2011 Utøya shooting, 2011 Oslo explosion, 2011 Oslo bombing

two sequential lone wolf terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011

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On July 22, 2011, Norway experienced two devastating terrorist attacks carried out by a single attacker: a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp, which together killed 77 people and became one of Europe's deadliest attacks in recent history. The attacks matter because they highlighted the threat of far-right extremism in Western Europe and sparked important conversations about security, radicalization, and how societies respond to domestic terrorism.

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Image: Regjeringsbygget 22.7.2011.jpg
Number of deaths: 77
Number of injured: 319

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Commons category: 2011 Norway attacks
point in time: 2011-07-22
number of perpetrators: 1

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On 22 July 2011, 32-year-old Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik committed two domestic terrorist attacks in Norway against the government, the civilian population, and a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, in which a total of 77 people were killed.

The first attack was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Norway, at 15:25:22 (CEST). The bomb was placed inside a van next to the tower block housing the office of the then prime minister Jens Stoltenberg. The explosion killed 8 people and injured at least 210 people, 12 severely.