‘Memory Wound’ Memorial to Victims of Mass Killer Breivik Divides Norwegians

 

Reuters, 23/03 13:12 CET

By Gladys Fouche

OSLO (Reuters) – A memorial to the victims of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is dividing those affected by his attacks, with some suing the government to stop its construction and others welcoming it as a place where they can grieve.

In the same week that Breivik was suing the Norwegian state over his prison conditions, the government said it would go ahead with the construction of the memorial.

Called “Memory Wound”, the design is for a 3.5-metre (3.8 yard) gash in the peninsula facing Utoeya Island, where Breivik shot dead 69 Labour Party youth activists on July 22, 2011.

Before the shooting, the Nazi militant also planted a car bomb outside the prime minister’s office in Oslo, killing eight. 

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Source: Euronews