Norwegian youth return to Utoya island

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Norway is turning the page on the most bloody event in its history.

On 22nd July 2011, right-wing extemist Anders Behring took the lives of 77 people during a murderous rampage.

He went on a shooting spree on the island of Utoya, killing 69.

Now, for the first time, young Labour party activists, including some survivors, have returned to the scene.

“Today we are participating which is bigger than ourselves, both as part of a long tradition – being on camp at Utoya – and at the same time being here for the first time since the terror attack against our organization and our nation in 2011. 22nd of july will forever be a part of the story of Utoya, all what we have to go through the very hard days,” said Mani Hussaini, the leader of the Labour Party’s youth wing.

Before wreaking his deadly havoc on Utoya Island, Breivik had set off a bomb in the government district of Oslo, killing eight people.

He then turned his attention to Utoya Island forty kilometres away where youth act

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