Norway will not be broken, says PM
Norway's prime minister vowed today that the response to the murders that have rocked his country will be "more democracy".
Jens Stoltenberg said that Norwegians will defend themselves by showing they are not afraid of violence.
The attack in the normally placid country has left Norwegians appalled, but determined to move forward. Some government workers were planning to return to work in their offices in the buildings where the bomb blasts blew out most windows.
At least 76 were killed in the attack on government buildings in Oslo and a rampage on an island youth camp.
Meanwhile, the leader of Norway's Delta Force defended the special operations team, saying the breakdown of a boat did not cause a significant delay in efforts to reach the island where Anders Breivik's shooting rampage killed 68 people.
Police have come under close scrutiny over how long it took them to reach the island after first reports of shots being fired at the island youth camp Friday. Although the island is only about 25 miles from the Norwegian capital, police needed 90 minutes to get to the scene.
A media helicopter was already hovering over the island when police arrived.
Police were already grappling with the wide damage inflicted by a bomb in the government quarter that Breivik set off. When word of the shooting came, police drove rather than take a helicopter because the crew of the sole chopper available to them was on holiday.
Then the first boat they tried to take to the lake island broke down.
Anders Snortheimsmoen said the team immediately jumped into another, better boat. He said his team arrived at the harbour at the same time as local police and the boat mishap caused no delay.
At the same news conference, Justice Minister Knut Storberget praised the team, saying it helped "limit the tragedy" on Utoya island and the bombing in the city centre.
Some reports suggest that police knew Breivik's identity even before they reached the island, tracing him through a rental car company from which he rented the van in which the bomb was planted.
Dag Andre Johansen, Scandinavian head of Avis car rental company, said that Breivik had rented two vehicles, including a Volkswagen Crafter van.
He said police contacted the company after the bombing and got Breivik's identity confirmed. But he declined to say whether that contact came before Breivik was arrested on the island.
