Shooter gathered campers in Norway for security check before opening fire
The stranger beckoned to some of the 550 young people attending a summer camp organized by the youth wing of the ruling Labour Party.
“Come here,” he said, claiming he was performing a routine security check after a bomb blast hours earlier in downtown Oslo killed at least seven people and injured many others.
Once a sizeable group had gathered, the man — who looked like a typical Norwegian, with blond hair and spoke with an eastern Norwegian accent — said this was just the beginning and opened fire.
The campers, aged 15 to 25, scattered in panic, many throwing themselves in the water in an attempt to escape the island, which had no bridge to the mainland. Others cowered in nearby buildings.
Police said at least 80 people were killed, a number that is expected to rise as more bodies wash ashore.
