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    July 22, 2011

Blast Rocks Norway Government Headquarters

   VOA News
   In this video image taken from television, smoke is seen billowing from
   a damaged building as debris is strewn across the street after an
   explosion in Oslo, Norway, Friday, July 22, 2011
   Photo: AP
   In this video image taken from television, smoke is seen billowing from
   a damaged building as debris is strewn across the street after an
   explosion in Oslo, Norway, Friday, July 22, 2011

   A large explosion in central Oslo rocked the Norwegian government
   headquarters on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring
   several others.
   The powerful blast also set the nearby oil ministry building on fire.
   Hundreds of windows in the 17-story government headquarters and other
   buildings as far away as 400 meters away were shattered. Smoke billowed
   from some of the offices and streets in the normally quiet neighborhood
   were littered with debris from the explosion.
   
   [1]Video footage of explosion shot by Andreas Helgesen
   The headquarters building houses the office of Prime Minister Jens
   Stoltenberg, but a Norwegian spokesman said he and his staff were not
   injured by the mid-afternoon explosion. News agencies reported at least
   one person was killed.
   Possible car bomb
   Oslo police said the explosion was caused by a bomb. The tangled
   wreckage of a car could be seen outside one building, possibly
   indicating a car bomb had been detonated.
   Witnesses said they saw several injured people covered with blood as
   they were carried or ran from the government building, with a Reuters
   correspondent saying he saw at least eight injured people. One witness
   said "people ran in panic."
   The government headquarters is located in what several Norwegians said
   is a normally peaceful neighborhood.
   Political violence is virtually unknown in Norway.

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   1. http://www.nrk.no/video/store_materielle_skader/6073854C1A446E1A/

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