Blast in Oslo

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Blast in Oslo

A powerful explosion rocked governmental buildings in the capital of Norway, Oslo, on Friday, blowing out windows to several buildings nearby and leaving people bleeding in the streets, state television announced. There are reports that a second blast followed the first which occurred mid-afternoon in the center of Oslo.

One explosion was heard near the governmental building that hosts the office of the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, and another happened near the Parliament. According to Norwegian witnesses, several buildings were in fire, with smoke coming out.

According to a report of a Reuters journalist, eight people were seen injured, two or three of them with serious wounds. One person appeared to be dead. Police confirmed more than one dead and the possibility that people be trapped under wreckage.

According to his report, one of the explosions happened at an upper floor of the building. Oil Ministry is said to have been seriously damaged. The Prime Minister was safe, the same reports says.

Blast in Oslo

This kind of events are very unusual for North European countries, which makes it even harder to explain. The last such blast was heard in Sweden last year, before Christmas, and had been motivated by the wish for revenge of an Islamic who wanted to punish the country of one of the cartoonists depicting in a ridicule fashion the Prophet of Islam.

No blame was officially ascribed in this blast but it is considered that it was a result of car bomb. If this hypothesis proves correct, than it will be linked to terrorist activity.

Norway participates as part of NATO in the campaigns in Afghanistan and Libya. A few weeks ago the leader of Libya had threatened that Europe would feel the wrath of the Libyans for the attack on their country. It is expected that the Al-Qaeda members stage such actions as retaliation for the assassination of Osama bin Laden by the American forces.

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