Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Norway massacre island opens for media

Norway has opened the island of Utoeya to the media for the first time since confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik massacred 69 people at a youth camp in July. Our correspondent, Steve Rosenberg, was among 150 journalists taken to the island where holiday camps are to reopen.

To get to Utoeya, we board the MS Thorbjorn - the same passenger ferry that took Anders Breivik to the island on 22 July.

Dressed as a policeman, and heavily armed, he'd set off with one aim: to commit mass murder.

As the MS Thorbjorn nears Utoeya, I find it hard to imagine the horrors which unfolded there.

Even under the cover of thick cloud, this tiny island looks so beautiful.

It's like a jewel in the middle of Lake Tyrifjorden. Its forests of pine and silver birch are an explosion of autumn colour.   Read More

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