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July 23, 2012

Norway Marks 1-Year Anniversary of Shooting Massacre 
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Tens of thousands of people gathered at memorials in Norway on Sunday to
mark the one-year anniversary of the bombing and shooting rampage that
left 77 people dead. On July 22, 2011, the attacker, Anders Behring
Breivik, set off bombs at government buildings in Olso, killing eight
people, before shooting dead 69 people at a Labor Party youth camp, most
of whom were teenagers. Breivik has said he targeted the ruling Labor
Party because its policies were too open to Muslim immigrants. The head
of the Labor Party's Youth Wing, Eskil Pedersen, said mourners had done
their best to honor the victims.

Eskil Pedersen: "So to come together to mark that it has been a year
that has gone by is a special experience but an important experience and
I think we did the best of it. We were together, which is important, we
had the possibility to show your emotions, your feelings about what
happened, and at the same time we had the message that we have to
continue living our lives."

Arguments in Breivik's trial came to a close last month and a verdict is
expected in late August.

 

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