Norway death toll raised to 77; burials begin

Flemming Mark Pedersen, owner of Capsicum Solutions AS, said the purchase was legal and there was no indication of what Breivik was up to.

"But just like the police officer who approved his (gun) license, the company that provided him with fertilizer and the firm that sold him diesel, we feel guilty to a certain level and wonder whether this could have been prevented in some way," Pedersen told The Associated Press.

Since the attacks, immigrants and ethnic Norwegians have come together in grief for the victims, and with disdain for the attacker and his motives. A sometimes divisive debate about immigration has been put aside.

So many roses have been placed at makeshift memorials around Oslo and other Norwegian cities that domestic suppliers cannot keep up with demand. The government has suspended a tax on foreign roses to allow for more imports between July 26 and Aug. 2, Norwegian news agency NTB reported.

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[chef_tim_w]

I just can't wrap my head around 600+ people and all they did was run away while this guy casually picked off 69 of them. Of those 600+ people, not a single armed civilian? America might have it's flaws, but I think I'd rather be with people who are willing to stand up and fight back in a situation like this and have a good probability that someone in the crowd is armed.

[iowapastor]

What a sad tragedey! However, I have to ask, how hard is it to count dead bodies. When news reports first started coming out there were conflicting reports -- understandable. But two days after the massacre the news reports that over 90 were killed, and then a day or two later the number is revised downward to 70 something, and now today that number has been revised upward. Maybe I'm missing some bit of info., but how in the world do people miscount dead bodies?