A gunman was arrested and charged after killing two people and injuring 21 in the Norwegian capital on Saturday.
“I had a bit of panic and thought that if the shooter or shooters were to arrive, we’d all be dead,” he added. “There was no way out.”
“Many people were crying and screaming, the injured were screaming, people were distressed and scared — very, very scared,” NybakkenAlthough the city’s Pride parade was canceled as a result of the attack,reported that “several thousand people began what appeared to be a spontaneous march in central Oslo, waving rainbow flags and chanting in English: ‘We’re here, we’re queer, we won’t disappear.
National security authorities raised Norway’s terrorism threat assessment to its highest level following the attack.
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