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Reaching out after slaughter Anders Behring Breivik, 32, is the suspect in the bombing of a government building and the mass shooting at a youth island retreat in Norway At least 93 were killed Between 800-900 people of Norwegian descent living in Nova Scotia RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
People light candles in memory of the victims of the attacks on Norway’s government headquarters in Oslo and an island youth retreat, as they pay their respects at Oslo Cathedral yesterday.
Flowers and a sign left on the Norwegian war memorial on the Halifax waterfront this weekend expressed heartfelt concern for the nearly 100 people who were killed in a horrifying terrorist attack. “It’s a terrible thing. The country is in total shock,” said Steinar Engeset, who has worked in the Royal Norwegian Consulate in Dartmouth for more than 40 years. He said he took photos of the thoughtful sign and wants to send them to Norwegian newspapers to show his countrymen that Canadians care. Engeset said he’s talked to a number of Nova Scotia Norwegians over the weekend. “They are more or less speechless.… It’s something that’s unbelievable,” he said. “It was young people. What motive is there to take out almost 100 young people?” He’s also tried to contact a num-
Scandinavian Society
The Norwegian Second World War memorial on the Halifax waterfront.
ber of friends in Norway, including one who works in the office of the prime minister. He said it’s been difficult because the Norwegian government asked people to stay off their cellphones to help keep lines clear for people who are trapped in the rubble. But while he waits for word, Engeset said he’s working on plans to hold a memorial service. “I would like a church service
“I can tell you that we are all still in shock and disbelief over the tragedies in Norway and have just slowly begun to think about what way to react maybe together,” Birgit Ballantyne, with the Scandinavian Society of Nova Scotia, said in an email to Metro.
where we’d invite Scandinavians plus Canadians.” Marshall Burgess, president of the Scandinavian Society of Nova Scotia, said between a quarter to one-third of their members are from Norway. “It’s quite shocking, and the Norwegian people I’m sure are grieving quite terribly over this,” he said. He added a church service would be “very appropriate.” JENNIFER TAPLIN