World press visits Utøya, Tyrifjorden in Hole
Municipality, Buskerud County
Utøya (Utoya)
Around 170 journalists from Norway
and around the world, were allowed to visit the Utøya youth camp today, where a
Norwegian terrorist massacred 69 persons on July 22nd.
Following the attack, the
Labour Party Youth Branch (AUF)
appealed to the press not to visit the island before all the next of kin of
those who died and the survivors had had the opportunity to visit the place.
During the press tour,
AUF leader Eskil Pedersen and Utøya Camp manager Maartin Henriksen briefed the
visitors.
The journalists were allowed
to move freely around the premises and visit the buildings.
The AUF has beforehand
warned both survivors and next of kin of the many reports and pictures from
Utøya which may appear in the press during the coming days.
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