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Norway Death Toll Rises to 91

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Attacker was right-wing Christian fundamentalist.

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Police in Norway have charged a 32-year-old man they say is a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing affiliations of the murder of at least 92 people. Anders Behring Breivik is suspected of bombing a government center and then, dressed as a police officer, opening fire at a youth camp on an island outside Oslo. “He said it was a routine check in connection with the terror attack in Oslo,” said a witness at the camp. At least 84 people, some as young as 16, were killed on the island as they tried to hide or swim away. Breivik was captured by police and is apparently cooperating.

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