Ten years on, survivors of Breivik attacks confront extremism 01 June 2021 - 11:15 Gwladys Fouche Astrid Hoem, a survivor of the 2011 shooting on Utoeya, retraces the steps of her escape from Anders Behring Breivik in Utoeya, Norway, in this May 11, 2021 file photo. Picture: REUTERS/GWLADYS FOUCHE
Utoeya Nearly 10 years after Anders Behring Breivik tried to kill her on the Norwegian island of Utoeya, Astrid Hoem is back there to explain to a group of teenagers how she ran for her life and hid in a beach cove while Breivik murdered others around her.
“He shot a girl next to me, in the back. She told me: ‘Please tell my parents I love them because I am going to die’,” Hoem, 26, tells the high school pupils. The girl survived.
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Reuters, UTOEYA, Norway
Nearly 10 years after Anders Behring Breivik tried to kill her on the Norwegian island of Utoeya, Astrid Hoem is back there to explain to a group of teenagers how she ran for her life and hid in a beach cove while Breivik murdered others around her.
“He shot a girl next to me, in the back. She told me: ‘Please tell my parents I love them, because I am going to die,’” Hoem, 26, tells the high-school students.