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Attack on Asylum Center in Norway
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by FionaSara | July 25, 2008 at 07:05 am
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Over twenty people were left injured at the Nordbybraaten center for asylum seekers when a group of men with bats and iron bars attacked the facility.
This is the second attack this week.
The center's director, Ole Morten Lyng, says 40 to 50 men were involved in the "planned" attack some 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Oslo late Thursday. He did not know how serious the injuries were.
Lyng was quoted by Norwegian news agency NTB as saying the attackers were Chechens. But he later told AP their nationalities were not clear.
The center houses some 200 refugees from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Somalia and Eritrea.
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at 08:02 on July 25th, 2008
FionaSara, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 12:17 on July 25th, 2008
FionaSara, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:01 on July 25th, 2008
Mistake.
at 17:27 on August 8th, 2008
This particular attack was a result of a long lasting struggle between Chechen and Iraqi inhabitants within the asylum center. Somehow, they feel that the fight they're actually fleeing from in their home country is worth bringing to their new homeland of Norway. Norwegians are a peace loving people, welcoming all, but expecting new citizens to follow the same rules and ethic standards as are well established within the Norwegian society. Sadly, this may lead to the collective punishment of no further Chechen or Iraqi refugees being allowed to settle in Norway.