Police in Norway have begun releasing the names of those killed by the fanatic Anders Behring Breivik.
Just four of the 76 people known to have died in attacks in the Norwegian capital Oslo and on the island of Utoya were named on Tuesday, their ages ranging from 23 to 61.
The search for more victims is continuing in the deep waters around Utoya, as a number of people remain unaccounted for. Some 700 people, mainly teenagers, were attending a summer camp organised by Norway’s ruling Labour Party when Breivik opened fire with automatic weapons, killing at least 68 of them. Senior officers said the exact numbers on the island were not known because people were arriving at and leaving the event in the run-up to the massacre.
The first release of names listed three who were killed by the huge bomb detonated by Breivik in Oslo’s government quarter before he moved on to Utoya.
They were Hanna Endresen, 61, Tove Aashill Knutsen, 56, and Kai Hauge, 32, all from Oslo. The last two were born and died on the same day of the year. Gunnar Linaker, 23, from Bardu in northern Norway was the first victim on Utoya to be named. He was speaking on the phone to his father when Breivik, dressed as a policeman, began his murderous progress through the wooded island.
“Dad, dad there is a shooting, I have to go,” were the last words heard from him.
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