Surviving Norway's day of terror
Lisa Husby recalls running for her life as far-right extremist Anders Breivik went on a killing spree in a summer camp for young activists on Ut酶ya island on 22 July 2011.
On 22 July 2011 Norway suffered its worst terror attacks in recent history. A far-right extremist, Anders Breivik, launched a bomb attack on government offices in Oslo, and then, two hours later, attacked a summer camp for young political activists on the island of Ut酶ya, 38 kms from the Norwegian capital. In total 77 people were killed that day - the majority on the island. Mike Lanchin has been speaking to one of the camp's leaders Lisa Husby, who was 19-years-old at the time . Lisa hid under a bed in a small cabin as the gunman roamed the island looking for his next victim. 'It was 50-50 that day', she says. 'Either you found a good hiding place, or you didn't...it was just random'.
Photo:A wounded young woman is brought ashore after the attacks on Ut酶ya island. (Credit: Svein Gustav Wilhelmsen/AFP via Getty Images)
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