Stunned Norway mourns assault victims

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Signs of normality began to return to Oslo on Monday after the peaceful, liberal 

country was stunned on Friday by the bombing in downtown Oslo and the shooting massacre at a youth 

camp outside the capital. Over the weekend, Oslo mourned the victims. Norway's King Harald V and 

his wife Queen Sonja and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg crowded into Oslo Cathedral on Sunday,

where the pews were packed, and people spilled into the plaza outside the building. The area was

strewn with flowers and candles, and people who could not fit in the grand church huddled under 

umbrellas in a drizzle.
Afterward, people sobbed and hugged one another in the streets, as many lingered over the memorial

of flowers and candles. The royal couple and prime minister later visited the site of the bombing in Oslo.

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 People embrace and mourn at the massive flower field laid in memory of victims of Friday's twin attacks in front of the Oslo Cathedral in Oslo, Norway, Monday, July 25, 2011. AP / Frank Augstein 

People pay tribute to victims of the twin attacks in central Oslo, Norway, Monday, July 25, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti

A woman lights a candle in memory of the victims of the twin attacks at Oslo Cathedral, Norway, Monday, July 25, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti

A couple stand as they observe a minute's silence to pay tribute to victims of the twin attacks in central Oslo, Norway, Monday, July 25, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti

Relatives of a victim gather to observe a minute's silence on a campsite jetty on the Norwegian mainland, across the water from Utoya island, seen in the background on Monday, July 25, 2011. People have been placing floral tributes at this site in memory of those killed in the shooting massacre on the island on Friday. AP / Matt Dunham

Campsite residents react as they gather to observe a minute's silence on the campsite's jetty on the Norwegian mainland, across the water from Utoya island, Monday, July 25, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

Mourning roses cast by sympathizers float in the lake near the island of Utoya, Norway, Sunday, July 24, 2011. AP / Frank Augstein

People light candles in memory of the victims of the attacks on Norway's government headquarters and an island youth retreat, as they pay their respects at Oslo Cathedral, Sunday, July 24, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

People light candles after a service at Oslo Cathedral in the aftermath of the attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat in Oslo, Sunday, July 24, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

People light candles in memory of the victims of the attacks on Norway's government headquarters and an island youth retreat, as they pay their respects at Oslo Cathedral, Sunday, July 24, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, right, and his wife Mette-Marit leave the church after a memorial service in Norderhov, Norway, Sunday, July 24, 2011. AP / Frank Augstein

People mourn during a memorial service in Norderhov, Norway, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The nation paused Sunday to mourn and reflect on recent tragedies perpetrated Friday by a Norwegian man who gunned down people at an island youth retreat and set off a large explosion in Oslo city centre. AP / Frank Augstein

People embrace at the end of a memorial service at Oslo Cathedral in the aftermath of the attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat in Oslo, Sunday, July 24, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

Women react at the end of a memorial service at Oslo Cathedral in the aftermath of the Friday attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat in Oslo, Sunday, July 24, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti

A youth lights a candle next to the Domkirke church to pay tribute to victims of the twin attacks on Friday, in central Oslo, Norway, Saturday, July 23, 2011. AP / Emilio Morenatti

Unidentified survivers from the shooting at an island youth retreat react outside a hotel where survivors were being reunited with their families in Sundvolden, Norway, Saturday, July 23, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, left, embraces the leader of the Labour party's youth group Eskild Pedersen who was on the island during the shooting attacks. Stoltenberg visited survivors at a hotel in Sundvolden, Norway, Saturday, July 23, 2011. AP /

Armed police officers are seen on the island of Utoya, Norway Saturday, July 23, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

Unidentified survivors from the shooting at an island youth retreat are wrapped in blankets outside a hotel where survivors were being reunited with their families in Sundvolden, Norway, Saturday, July 23, 2011. AP / Matt Dunham

Medics and emergency workers escort youths from a camp site on the island of Utoya, Norway Saturday July 23, 2011. AP / SCANPIX NORWAY

Debris covers the area outside a building in the centre of Oslo, Friday July 22, 2011, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents. AP / Fartein Rudjord

An injured woman is assisted from a damaged building in Oslo, Friday July 22, 2011, after an explosion rocked the capital. Terrorism ravaged long-peaceful Norway on Friday when a bomb ripped open buildings including the prime minister's office and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a nearby island youth camp. AP / Morten Holm

Wounded people are treated in the street in the centre of Oslo, Friday July 22, 2011, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents and debris. AP / Berit Roald

Smoke rises from the central area of Oslo Friday, July 22, 2011 after an explosion. AP / Jon Bredo yeveraas

Norway's twin terror attacks suspect Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving the courthouse following a hearing in Oslo Monday July 25, 2011 where he pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest modern mass killings in peacetime. AP / Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen