Rampage in Norway: Offenders will have trained with Modern Warfare

Killed last Friday as the right-wing Anders BB with a bomb in the government district, seven people suspected of Oslo and with handguns on a holiday island were another 86 people, terrorism experts quickly. First, Islamists had been in sight, a quick "Norwegian arm of al-Qaeda". As it turned out that there was a 32-year-old Norwegian who came to rumors about his background. Why? And how did the tragic deed to which stored the detainee has a confession? Video games could be heard quickly, are to blame - as always.


Tragically, this allegation is now borne out. B-side from 1500 Manifesto 2083 - A European Declaration of Independence stating that he was not only an avid sportsman, who kept fit by lifting weights and snowboarding, but also a gamer. Is available from the Scriptures, the Game Zone is available, shows that as the age of 25 years professionally paused a year to be fully devoted to his hobby of World of Warcraft. During this time he played according to their own statements on the server Silvermoon PvE a female human named Conservatism pure magic, and later a PvP Tauren Druid.

After World of Warcraft, it has the bomber who survived his act and now before the custodial judge shall, on Call of Duty 2 is pulled what he wants, however, have only occasionally played online. Yet he speaks of his rampage also prepared using the game to have and to explicitly recommends shooter training, if there is no Möglichtkeit on real weapons to rehearse. Video games, particularly MMOs, are suitable according to the gunman also help to invent excuses in order to remain long alone - because the people seem to get used to it quickly, that these games take a long time and can make even addictive.

Unlike BB allegedly set fire Friday at about 15:30 in Oslo, a homemade bomb that killed seven people so far apparently. To about 17:00 clock, he then appeared, dressed as a policeman on, on the holiday island Utøya, where the youth wing of the ruling Social Democratic Labor Party held a summer camp. Under the pretext of having been seconded to the protection of young people, he approached and opened fire. The police could stop the rampage after about 60 minutes - the task force had traveled from the capital and had no helicopters available. The assassin was any resistance.