Commission to probe tragedy in Norway

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OSLO — An independent commission will examine “all aspects” of last week’s devastating attacks that claimed 76 lives, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced Wednesday.

The aim of appointing the commission was “to draw lessons” and present a comprehensive overview of Friday’s attacks, the worst acts of violence in the country since the Second World War, Stoltenberg said.

The commission was to present its findings to the prime minister, who would then report to parliament, Stoltenberg said at a news conference where he was flanked by leaders of other political parties.

Earlier Wednesday, the premier said the country would not be “threatened” by the attacks and remained committed to its open society.

Police on Wednesday released the names of 13 more people killed in the attacks. The youngest victim was a 14-year-old girl shot at a Labour Party youth camp on Utoya island. The publishing of names started Tuesday after the victims’ relatives were informed.

Anders Behring Breivik, 32, was Monday remanded to eight weeks in custody on suspicion of carrying out the bombing that killed eight people in Oslo and shooting 68 people on Utoya.

Breivik was transported Tuesday to a prison near Oslo. He was to be held in a one-bed cell, the chief of Ila Prison and Detention Centre, Knut Bjarkeid, told the German news agency dpa.

Police were investigating Breivik’s claims that “two other cells” were active in Norway and verifying whether he carried out the attacks alone.

— McClatchy-Tribune