It was estimated that 1 in 4 Norwegians knew someone who had been directly affected by the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II.
On July 22, 2011, a political terrorist parked a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near a collection of federal government buildings in the center of Oslo, Norway. About 10 minutes after he departed the area, the car bomb exploded, killing eight people and wounding upwards of 209 more.
After he left the government center, the killer got into another vehicle and drove about 20 miles northwest of Oslo, to a location where he boarded a ferry to the island of Utoya. Upon reaching Utoya, the terrorist began to shoot the adult staff and youth participants of the Norwegian Labor Party’s summer camp, which was being held on the island. The killer began his rampage on the island at approximately 17:22, and continued to kill innocents until he was confronted by the members of a national police tactical team (“Delta”), just over an hour later. The suspect surrendered to police and was taken into custody, after killing 69 people and wounding at least 110 more.
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Source: Police1