A Tragedy in Norway Raises Questions for Europe
29 July 2011
Norwegian Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party Jens Stoltenberg speaks to Muslims gathered at Central Jamaat Ahle Sunnat mosque in Oslo, July 29, 2011.
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Conservative extremists in Europe are facing new attention after the attacks last week that killed almost eighty people in Norway.
On Friday the country held the first funerals for victims of the attacks.
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Eighteen-year-old Bano Rashid was the first to be buried. She was Muslim but the ceremony also included Christian prayers. Ms. Rashid was a Kurdish immigrant from Iraq with an interest in politics. She was one of the people shot to death at a summer youth camp organized by Norway's governing Labor Party.
A sixty-ninth victim of that shooting died Friday.
Also Friday, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg led a national memorial service in Oslo, the capital. Mr. Stoltenberg said Norway had been hit by evil, and he called on the nation to unite around its values of democracy and peace.
The violence was Norway's deadliest since World War Two.
Thirty-two-year-old Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik has admitted responsibility. But he has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges. He says he was part of a wider "crusade" against Muslim immigration and multiculturalism in Europe. Investigators say they believe he acted alone. They questioned him Friday for a second time.
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