Press Release on Norway Attacks

LABOUR YOUTH CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN NORWAY

While the concrete details are yet to emerge, Labour Youth note with great sadness the terrible acts of violence which took place today in Oslo and Utoya, Norway.

The loss of any human life is a tragedy, and we offer our sincerest sympathy and condolences to the people of Norway as they come to terms with this tragic event.

As young socialists and social-democrats, we are particularly horrified by the callous and brutal murder of our comrades in the Workers' Youth League of Norway.

Our thoughts are with the victims' families, their friends and with those who love them. We are united in our shock and in our sadness. We share in their grief.

We condemn those who came to bring violence to peaceful places today. Violence like we witnessed today builds nothing. It only destroys.

Those who want to change the world by murdering the innocent are always bound to fail.

We send every good wish to the people who have been affected by these terrible events, and hope that the perpetrators of this violence are brought to justice.

In solidarity, and in memory of our lost comrades.