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Reception staff in the high-rise building notify the security unit for Government Quarter about an illegally parked van by the main entrance.
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A car bomb explodes. Eight people in or near the high-rise building are killed.
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The Security Unit of the Government Quarter informs the police about the explosion.
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The first police patrol arrives at the government quarter.
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The first ambulance arrives at the Government Quarter.
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The security unit notifies the police that the explosion was a car bomb and that a person in a security guard uniform left the vehicle shortly before the explosion.
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The Norwegian Counter-Terrorist Unit is called out to the government quarter.
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A witness phones the emergency services to report that he saw a uniformed man with a helmet and pistol get into a car and leave the Government Quarter just before the explosion. The witness also reports the registration number VH 24605.
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Ullevål Hospital receives the first of the wounded from the government quarter.
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The Norwegian News Agency (NTB) reports that the Prime Minister is safe and unharmed.
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Information meeting for participants at AUF’s (Workers' Youth League) summer camp on Utøya about the explosion in the government quarter.
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A car with the registration number VH 24605 passes Sandvika.
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The National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) raises a national alarm and calls a search for the escape car. No relevant police districts receive or register the notification.
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A car with the registration number VH 24605 arrives at the Utøya mainland ferry landing.
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Message received on Utøya that a police-officer from the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) is asking to be transported to the island to conduct a security check after the bomb explosion in Oslo.
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The terrorist, who is armed and wearing a police-like uniform, is transported to Utøya on the ferry M/S Thorbjørn.
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The terrorist arrives at Utøya.
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A security officer and Utøya’s general manager are killed by the terrorist just below the main building.
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A security guard is killed on the path leading to the café building.
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A sanitation officer from the Norwegian People's Aid and four camp participants are killed outside the café building. A further two are fatally wounded.
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M/S Thorbjørn’s captain notifies the police that a tall, blond man dressed as a police- officer is firing shots with an automatic weapon on Utøya.
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Thirteen camp participants in the café building are killed by the terrorist.
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Ten camp participants are killed near the path Kjærlighetsstien. Five more camp participants are killed on the steep slope towards the water’s edge.
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A squadron from the Norwegian Counter-Terrorist Unit on its way to the government building complex is re-directed to Utøya.
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At this point, the emergency services have registered 28 emergency calls from Utøya.
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The terrorist fires shots at camp participants swimming away from the island. One camp participant drowns. One camp participant falls from a steep slope by the water and dies from the injuries sustained in the fall. The terrorist then kills two camp participants in the forest east of the school building.
One camp participant falls from a steep slope by the water and dies from the injuries sustained in the fall. The terrorist then killes two camp participants in the forest east of the school building.
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A patrol from Nordre Buskerud police station arrives at the Utøya mainland ferry landing. The orders received are unclear, and the patrol does not cross over to the island.
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The police ask the public to leave Oslo city centre and stay at home.
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The terrorist calls the emergency services saying he wants to surrender. The call is cut off.
Civilians head to Utøya in their boats to save fleeing camp participants from the water and the island.
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In a live broadcast on the national TV channel TV2, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg states that a critical situation is taking place on Utøya.
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Three camp participants are killed at Stoltenberget cliff and five in Bolsjevika bay.
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The first patrol from the emergency response unit arrives at Utvika. Camping. Nordre Buskerud police station has received a message about an available boat at Utvika Camping. The patrol is not given this information. Instead, they are told to meet up at Storøya.
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The National Criminal Investigation Service raises a national alarm and orders strict border controls.
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The first squadrons from the Counter-Terrorist Unit arrive at the meeting point on Storøya island.
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A police boat from the Nordre Buskerud police district arrives at Storøya.
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The terrorist kills 14 camp participants by the building Pumpehuset.
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A police boat on its way from Storøya to Utøya comes to a halt It is overloaded and the engine is taking in water.
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The Counter-Terrorist Unit makes the crossing to Utøya with the help of civilian boats.
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The terrorist calls the emergency services for the second time and says he wants to surrender.
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A helicopter from the Norwegian public broadcaster company (NRK) flies over Utøya and films to get an overview of the situation.
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The first patrol from the Counter-Terrorist Unit arrives at Utøya.
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Five camp participants are killed at the Sydspissen point.
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The police confirm a shooting episode on Utøya and that officers have been sent from Oslo to Utøya.
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Sundvolden Hotel receives the first camp participants who have fled Utøya.
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The Counter-Terrorist Unit arrests the terrorist on Utøya.
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The Counter-Terrorist Unit notifies of the arrest, that a number of people are dead and wounded, and that rapid evacuation by helicopter is required.
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The National Criminal Investigation Service raises a national alarm concerning the detained person’s statement that there are a further two terrorist networks in Norway that have yet to strike.
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Helicopters from the Armed Forces and the emergency services are employed in the rescue and security efforts on Utøya.
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In a press conference, the police confirm that seven people were killed in the government building complex and that there is a link between this incident and the shooting on Utøya.
Connection?
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The terrorist is interrogated by the police in the main building on Utøya.
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The police confirm that a person has been arrested. They also state that they are uncertain whether there is only one perpetrator.
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The police confirm that ten people have been killed on Utøya in addition to an unknown number of wounded. They also confirm that the perpetrator was disguised as a police-officer.
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The police’s head of operations on Utøya reports that all survivors have been evacuated from the island.
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The police carry out thermal searches on Utøya. They do not observe any signs of life. A detailed search is then carried out while blankets are laid over the dead.
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In a press conference, the police confirm that the arrested person is 32 years old and of ethnic Norwegian origin, and that the number of dead will increase
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