Those of you in Norway are surely in shock. I just watched the 9 am Norway time news conference by the police. The number of dead on Utoya island was raised to 84. In downtown Oslo it is still 7 deceased. They also warned that the investigation would take months. They state the horrific crimes are attributable to the one man, a local freemason who has never been on the police radar. Central Oslo is coming under the control of the military, to allow the police to investigate without interruption and to prevent looting.
They are still searching the waters around Utoya, as many tried to escape by swimming away, knowing there was no way they could reach land elsewhere. One man swam away without removing his clothes or shoes first. He was forced to turn back and go ashore before he sank and drowned. The gunman walked up to him and shot him. But he survived and was interviewed. His timeline was reported as at least one hour before the police arrived, and another hour until the shooting stopped when the gunman was tracked down and arrested by a Delta Force team. They recovered a "machine gun" they declined to identify. AK-47 certainly comes to mind. Part of the problem at the moment is that they have no positive idea of the number of people that were on Utoya to begin with. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of Norway this day. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac On Jul 22, 2011, at 20:32 , Bob Sullivan wrote: > Jostein and Tim, > I'm sad to hear the death toll in your incidents is at least 87, > 7 from the bombing and another 80 teenagers on the island. > What a sick wacko it takes to do this. > You have my condolences. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:12 PM, AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi folks, >> I've tried a couple of times to post a chirp to the list, but my only >> device is an android phone, and I suspect it smears my mails full of >> html coding nok matter what i try. >> >> Just to let you know, my family and I are all ok. >> >> I would also appreciate it if everyone could refrain from pointing at >> international terrorism for a couple of days at least. Nothing points >> in that direction at the moment. He may not be aware of the second >> incident here today. A shooting desperado with a machine gun and >> dressed as a policeman went bananas in a youth camp on a small island. >> Police strongly suspects the two incidents are connected. The >> desperado, however, is 190 cm tall, of athletic build and with light >> blonde hair and nordic appearance. Not your typical islamic extremist, >> nor any self-exploding apparition from outer space as Darren seems to >> imagine. >> >> We will know more in a couple of hours, or maybe in a couple of days. >> The desperado has been detained alive. >> >> Thanks all of you, for your concern for us up here in the Frostpit. >> >> Best, >> Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
