two sequential lone wolf terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011
On July 22, 2011, Norway experienced two devastating terrorist attacks carried out by a single attacker: a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp, which together killed 77 people and became one of Europe's deadliest attacks in recent history. The attacks matter because they highlighted the threat of far-right extremism in Western Europe and sparked important conversations about security, radicalization, and how societies respond to domestic terrorism.
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On 22 July 2011, 32-year-old Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik committed two domestic terrorist attacks in Norway against the government, the civilian population, and a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, in which a total of 77 people were killed.
The first attack was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Norway, at 15:25:22 (CEST). The bomb was placed inside a van next to the tower block housing the office of the then prime minister Jens Stoltenberg. The explosion killed 8 people and injured at least 210 people, 12 severely.
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