Terrorist attack in Norway.

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Witness: Between 25 and 30 dead on the island

A person dressed as a policeman has shot dead several people at Utøya outside Oslo.

Dressed as a police officer called the man to several young people.

- This is just the beginning, he said, according to witnesses.

Then he started shooting wildly.

- There are people lifeless along the beach. An estimated 25-30 of them, says Tore Bekkedal to Aftonbladet.

Norwegian Labour Party Youth League is currently camping in Buskerud, just outside Oslo. Approximately 560 young people participating in the camp.

On Friday afternoon, gunfire broke out in violent, when a person dressed as police began firing around him with an automatic weapon.

The fake police should have told me that he was on his way to the island to perform routine after the terrorist attack in Oslo.

Witnesses on the ground told NRK that the man called for more people.

- This is just the beginning, he should have said.

Thereafter, he executed them.
Esbati jumped into the water to escape

Adolescents reported in a panic trying to hide to escape the shooter. Many must have jumped into the waters to try to swim to the mainland. One of them is Swedish Ali Esbati, Young Left, the former chairman.

- I have been shooting at Utøya. My phone is dead when I jumped into the water when the offender approached. I'm okay and am on a collection hotel now. Many are injured, possibly dead. But the perpetrator - a fair-haired man dressed as a police or security guards - must be taken now, he writes on Facebook.
Shooter arrested

Just after 19 o'clock the police arrested a suspected shooter. According to NRK, it is about a man with a Nordic look.

Police do not yet know how many people have been injured and killed when the person opened fire and shot wildly.

- We have great reason to believe that the shooting is linked to the explosion in downtown Oslo earlier today, says Shem-Jackobsen to NRK.

- We look at it as a possibility, based on observations made and tips that have been received by the police, said national police chief Sveinung Sponheim.
Looking for bombs

Sveinung Sponheim, deputy police chief in Oslo, said the evening's press conference that they fear that there may also be bombs on the island.

Rescue team says to NRK that there will be several dead people on the island. But they must not enter the area until the bomb defense team has searched the island.

- There are people lifeless along the beach. An estimated 25-30 AUF: ers, said Tore Bekkedal to Aftonbladet.

"It's extremely dramatic here"

Ali Esbati located on the island and tells Aftonbladet that the atmosphere is very chaotic.

- I saw a person who may have been shot through the mouth, he said.

- I've seen two people who were seemingly motionless.

According to the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, there may be Swedes at the camp.

- We are currently investigating it in full swing right now, says Marcus industry, SSU's press secretary.

Many of the SSU is close friends with AUF's members, says Jytte Gute Country for TT.

- We feel a deep sympathy and many are worried, she says.

- We know from social media to AUF now focuses on providing security. They do not want to call and they asked themselves not to call.

Stoltenberg were to camp

Police have cordoned off the area, and Oslo police have been informed of the incident.

- We have received reports of a serious situation - if a critical situation on Utøya, said Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian TV 2.

Jens Stoltenberg himself would have given a speech at the camp tomorrow. Today, Gro Harlem Brundtland, speaking at the camp.

Utøya located just west of Oslo, in Tyrifjorden in Buskerud.