Norwegian Police Conducted Drill for ‘Practically Identical Scenario’ Right Before Utoya Attack
August 29th, 2011Update: English Translation
J, a Danish Cryptogon reader, with family connections to Norway, kindly sent this translation. He says that native Norwegian speakers may find issues with it. Thank you, J, we appreciate your effort.
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//Trained for Utøya scenario July 22
Only hours before Anders Behring Breivik began shooting children on Utøya, the
police emergency squad concluded an exercise where they practiced an almost
identical situation.
Ray: – The police were interested in British cells
The trial of Behring Breivik might be conducted in the Oslo Courthouse
The police wanted to sell the boat that had experienced engine failure en route to
Utøya
Four days in advance, and also the same Friday the attack was carried out, the
police special unit trained on an ongoing terror campaign that was approximately
equal to the situation that hours later, met the 22 police officers within the
emergency squad on Utøya.
//Aftenposten have confirmation from key sources in the Oslo police management that
the exercise was terminated at 3PM that very Friday.
All officers from the emergency squad that participated in the government quarter
after the car bomb and later came ashore on Utøya, arresting Anders Behring Breivik,
had earlier that same day and in the days ahead participated in training on an
identical scenario.
The police barely completed the exercise, before what they had been training for,
became reality.
As far as Aftenposten has been informed, the training transcended directly into what
the policed then faced in the Tyrifjord that very day; a mobile terror attack, in
which one or more perpetrators only goal was to shoot as many people as possible and
then shoot the police when they arrived.
– It was very close to facit. Chance would have it that way, says a key police
source, who declined to quoted by name.
//Massacre
The police did not train on a scenario including as many victims as they met on Utøya.
The police special unit trains continuously. But every quarter, they have “sections”
where they train for different types of scenarios.
These are different scenarios police envisions might occur where the emergency squad
must be inserted. There may be actions indoors, in cities or outside in other
environments.
According to police, this is a scenario they train on several times a year and has
trained for, for several years, especially after specific events in other countries.
//26 minutes
Only 26 minutes after the emergency squad´s training had concluded, the car bomb
went off in the government quarter. The Emergency Squad arrived early on the scene.
At 3.30PM, the staff at the Oslo police learned about a shooting at Utøya. They put
so much trust in the the message, that the emergency squad entered the cars, already
positioned in the government quarter and cars that came from the police station at
Grønland in Oslo.
On the way they had problems contacting the North Buskerud Police District, but at
6.02PM, six minutes before they arrived, they established contact and agreed to meet
at Storøya.
Once there, seven people from the emergency squad and three police officers from
Nordre Buskerud Police District boarded a 4.9 meter long rubber dinghy. This was so
heavily loaded that it began taking in water. The police were assisted by a civilian
boat and sailed towards Utøya.
—End Update—
If anyone from Norway would like to send in a reliable English translation of this Aftenposten piece, I’d appreciate it.
Via: Northern Trumpet:
Just hours before Anders Behring Breivik launched his deadly attack at a political summer camp on Utoya island on July 22, police had conducted a drill for a “practically identical scenario”, Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reports.
Sources within the top level management of the police in Oslo have confirmed to Aftenposten that the drill finished at 15:00 that same Friday. The bomb attributed to Breivik went off only 26 minutes after the anti-terror drill finished, according to officials.
According to Aftenposten all of the officers from the anti-terror unit who took part in the action and arrest of Breivik had a full week training on a mobile terrorist attack scenario in which one or more perpetrators only goal is to shoot as many people as possible and then shoot the police when they arrive.
“Chance would have it that way”, a key police source who wishes to remain anonymous, told Aftenposten.
Related: Google Translation of Aftenposten Article
I seem to remember the same thing happening before. The London train attacks were like that, I think.
7/7/2005 London Bombings Terror Drills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJUVqcNDZlk
9/11 military exercises
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?before_9/11=militaryExercises&timeline=complete_911_timeline
(scroll to near bottom of page)
FEMA arrived New York Sept 10 for a bio attack drill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLy_nmnE2FM
You get a two-fer with these drills. Reaction time of the peeps charged to respond to the crisis is dampened…hesitation in their mind that it is only a drill. AND if anyone is caught carrying, planting, arming a device… “hey, it’s only a drill”.
Yes , the London bombings AND 9/11 also. What are the odds that this happen in 3 differents bombing? (hints: there is so many zero after the coma that your average pocket calculator can’t handle it)
The translation is solid. This is truly bizarre.