Oslo Central Station bombing
| Oslo Central Station bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Oslo, Norway |
| Date | 2 July 1982 (UTC+01:00) |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 11 |
The Oslo Central Station bombing (Norwegian: Bombeattentatet på Oslo S) was a bomb attack on the central train station of Oslo, the capital of Norway, on 2 July 1982. The homemade bomb was hidden in a locker at Østbanehallen and the explosion caused extensive damage to the station. A young woman, Elin Stoltenberg Dahl was killed.[1]
Eight days after the attack, another bomb was found in the station's ticket hall, which had 2 kg more explosives. It failed to detonate.[2]
An unnamed 18-year-old man from
Norwegian State Railways (NSB) for money. He was also convicted of 30 other criminal offences, including theft, vandalism, shootings and also a plan to bomb a train track at Ekeberg. He was jailed for eleven years.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Bomb kills woman in Oslo".
- ^ "Norges glemte bombeattentat". 9 September 2007.
- ^ Hansen, Ståle. "Oslos hemmelige historie".
- ^ "Norges glemte bombeattentat". 9 September 2007.