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Also Known As 22.7.11 attacks • July 22 attacks
Date July 22, 2011
Location Norway • Oslo • Utøya

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Oslo and Utøya attacks of 2011
Oslo and Utøya attacks of 2011
Oslo and Utøya attacks of 2011
Oslo and Utøya attacks of 2011: Anders Behring Breivik
memorial in Oslo for victims of the July 22, 2011, attacks in Oslo and on the island of Utøya
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Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
prime minister of Norway and secretary-general of NATO