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Norway PM says camp shooting deaths likely to rise

22 July 2011 23:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says police fear the death toll at youth camp shooting will rise above 10,APA reports quoting news.yahoo.com website.

Stoltenberg confirmed that the current number of people killed was nine or 10, but police "fear that there could be more."

Norway’s Justice Minister Knut Storberget said the man who opened fire at a youth camp is Norwegian. He said seven people were killed and 10 wounded when a bomb exploded at the prime minister’s office in downtown Oslo earlier Friday.

Police have linked the suspect to both attacks.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

OSLO, Norway (AP) â€” Norway’s Justice Minister Knut Storberget has said the man who opened fire at a youth camp is Norwegian.

Storberget says the death toll from the shooting is unclear.

But he says seven people were killed and 10 wounded when a bomb exploded at the prime minister’s office in downtown Oslo earlier Friday.

Police have linked the suspect to both attacks.