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In Norway, about 15 years after the attack of a far-right assassin, the then damaged government quarter was reopened.
Following 2011 Bombing, Rebuilt Oslo Government Complex Reopens
Norway officially reopened its renovated government headquarters in Oslo on Monday, April 14th—nearly 15 years after the complex was severely damaged in the terror attacks of 2011. On July 22nd, 2011 Anders Behring Breivik detonated a car bomb near the government district, killing eight people. He then carried out a mass shooting at a youth camp on the island of Utøya, where 69 people, most of them teenagers, were killed. Speaking at the reopen…
A large part of the Norwegian government is once again based in the old government complex in the center of Oslo. The complex was severely damaged in 2011 during the attack by right-wing extremist Anders Breivik and had to be renovated afterwards. The renovated complex was opened today by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Six ministries are already back at work there today. The Prime Minister's office is also back there. The other ministries will…
Norway reopenes renovated government headquarters after 2011 bombing
Norway on Monday, April 13th, reopened its renovated government headquarters in central Oslo, almost 15 years after the buildings there were severely damaged when mass killer Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb.
Today, the first employees move into Oslo's new government district. The area has been under reconstruction since the terrorist attack in 2011. “It gives confidence to Norwegian democracy that we can take this back,” says Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The Oslo explosion caused extensive damage to the tower building housing the Prime Minister's Office.
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