Gunman Opens Fire at Norway Youth Camp, Deaths Reported

By MARK SCHONE and JOSH HASKELL
July 22, 2011

A gunman dressed as a policeman opened fire at a summer youth camp on a Norwegian island near Oslo, according to media reports. Unconfirmed reports say that as many as five people have died, and a witness told Norwegian television of seeing 20 bodies on the shoreline.

Norwegian media reports say that a man of "Nordic" appearance has been arrested, and that police have control of the island of Utoya. A local police spokesman confirmed to al Jazeera that the suspect is in custody, and that he had been dressed as a police officer and had said he was at the camp to provide security.

Twenty ambulances and four ambulances were dispatched to the island to pick up the wounded. Some of the campers at the island jumped into the water to attempt to swim to safety. the rest

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