Police say at least 80 killed in youth camp shooting; connected to Oslo bombing

OSLO, Norway – Police say at least 80 people were killed in a shooting spree at the youth camp of Norway’s Labor Party. Police told reporters early Saturday they had discovered many more victims after initially reporting the death toll at 10.

The shooter was reportedly dressed as a police officer when he entered the camp and opened fire. Local reporters say the camp was filled with teenagers and that ferries were used to transport the injured to hospital. Many reportedly had head injuries.

A Norwegian police official says there is at least one unexploded device at the youth camp.

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was scheduled to speak at the camp on Saturday.

Stoltenberg, who was home when the blast occurred and was not harmed, call the shooting “a cowardly attack on young innocent civilians.”

Before the camp shooting, a powerful explosion tore through several buildings in the Oslo, the Norwegian capital, Friday, after a bomb went off outside the prime minister’s office building.

There are reports of seven people dead, and 15 hurt, but some people are still believed to be trapped in some of the damaged buildings.

There have been reports that there may be two other bombs that did not go off in Oslo.

A group called “Helpers of Global Jihad” claimed responsibility for the Oslo bombings shortly after it happened, however, a police official said the 32-year-old ethnic Norwegian suspect arrested at the camp on Utoya island appears to have acted alone in both attacks, and that “it seems like that this is not linked to any international terrorist organizations at all.”

Norway’s national broadcaster NRK has named the suspect in the Oslo bombing and youth camp shooting spree as Anders Behring Breivik.

The security threat level has been raised and people are being told to stay at home and avoid big gatherings.

The Norway government is now holding a crisis meeting. The army has taken up position around central Oslo.

A video of the aftermath of the downtown explosion was immediately posted to Twitter by a tweeter who is live blogging from Oslo.

A security expert told CNN what happens next.

“They will then bring in a forensic team, who will probably be on the ground, taking samples, scrapings of residue from the centre of the blast.”