Eighty Dead at Utoya
Not long ago, Norwegian police announced that at least eighty people are known to have been massacred at the Labor Party youth camp at Utoya today. The vast majority appear to have been teenagers participating in an organizing retreat at the camp.
Police indicated that the number of dead may rise in the hours to come. Many of the bodies recovered so far were removed from the sea, as their attacker apparently shot at those who attempted to escape by swimming
“We Deserve Not To Die” — Blogposts from Utoya Survivors
Two survivors of yesterday’s massacre at Utoya have written blogposts describing their experiences.
One post comes from Prableen Kaur, the head of the Worker’s Youth League in Grorud, a district in Oslo. Her post has been verified by, and republished in, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.
The other was written by Khamshajiny Gunaratnam, a 23-year-old youth activist, whose identity and authorship of her blogpost was confirmed by the newspaper Dagbladet.
Kaur and are apparently close friends — each makes references in their post that seem to refer to the other.