# Oslo dopers, check in please. Is everyone safe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984 "2011-07-22T14:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/1 "2011-07-22T14:03:57Z")
Ok, there’s been some sort of explosion downtown (regjeringskvartalet) a few minutes ago . One newspaper mentions a bomb, I can’t find anything definite either way, and no photos online. Apparently it was a newspaper building (VG-bygget) that was hit, and three people hurt. I heard the explosion all the way from Kringsjå (several kilometers away). I just got off the phone with **Málm** , who was at work closeby. He was nearly thrown to the floor by the force, but is safe. Everyone else? **Flodnak**? **Gukumatz**? Does anyone know anything? ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/2 "2011-07-22T14:08:55Z")
Danish news report that there is a fire at the Prime minister’s office and at the Oil ministry. So far no reports of casualties. Hope Oslo dopers are all right. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/3 "2011-07-22T14:11:40Z")
A second explosion, 30 minutes apart. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/4 "2011-07-22T14:12:51Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/5 "2011-07-22T14:13:18Z")
I just heard on the radio that the prime minister is safe, but may be wounded. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/6 "2011-07-22T14:14:20Z")
[Aftenposten](http://www.aftenposten.no/) has nothing about a second explosion. A witness claims to have seen casualties. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/7 "2011-07-22T14:14:26Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > (okay I know they are Finnish). They are? ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/8 "2011-07-22T14:16:14Z")
Dagbladet has the bit about the second explosion, but it may have just been part of a building collapsing. There are photos out now, it looks bad. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/9 "2011-07-22T14:24:50Z")
Has it been confirmed as a bombing? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/10 "2011-07-22T14:31:07Z")
Wow, there’s already [a Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Oslo_explosion) on it. Part of it says: > [@](#): > > In the same week Norwegian prosecutors filed a terrorism charge against Mullah Krekar, the founder of the Kurdish [Ansar al-Islam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam), who was faces accusation of threatening a former MP [Erna Solberg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Solberg) with death. He responded that “Norway will pay a heavy price for my death. If, for example, Erna Solberg deports me and I die as a result, she will suffer the same fate.”[[5]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Oslo_explosion#cite_note-4) I hope everybody comes out of it ok. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/11 "2011-07-22T14:32:11Z")
Holy fuck! I heard the explosion from my apartment… only I thought it was thunder. The site is just next door to where I used to work… if this was a year ago, I would have been walking past there on the way home from work. Which means… lots of the people I worked with would have been doing so today… oh crap. I’m all shaky now. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/12 "2011-07-22T14:35:14Z")
More info on that possible angle: [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ1T3qbtKpMPUw67TD7X5rTlwpWQ?docId=bac0246297764fc99cb097f616838f39](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ1T3qbtKpMPUw67TD7X5rTlwpWQ?docId=bac0246297764fc99cb097f616838f39) ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/13 "2011-07-22T14:36:50Z")
Yes, the latest news claims it was several coordinated carbombs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/14 "2011-07-22T14:38:18Z")
Swedish Aftonbladet website says that several witnesses believe it was a car bomb. Otherwise, no speculation of who was behind it. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/15 "2011-07-22T14:42:23Z")
For non-Norwegian speaking dopers, I found the following: > **[WTOP | Washington’s Top News | DC, MD & VA News, Traffic & Weather](https://wtop.com/?nid=220&sid=2465702)** > > WTOP delivers the latest news, traffic and weather information to the Washington, D.C. region. See today’s top stories. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/16 "2011-07-22T14:45:17Z")
One confirmed death. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/17 "2011-07-22T14:51:12Z")
OK, I’ll ask the obvious question. How likely is it that of the millions of Norwegians, one of them would have been a member of this message board? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/18 "2011-07-22T14:52:31Z")
I think the OP lists three. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/19 "2011-07-22T14:54:43Z")
When I posted the topic, there were no confirmed deaths, just destroyed buildings and hurt people. Forgive me for being freaked out, I’ve never been closed to a possible terrorist bombing before. I’m sure people wherever you’re from would have been totally calm and collected when faced with the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/20 "2011-07-22T14:54:58Z")
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