After public tragedies come government commissions with their lessons learned and should haves.
After public tragedies come government commissions with their lessons learned and should haves.
In Norway, a year after a horrific murder spree that killed 77 people, a government commission has delivered a 482-page report detailing the mistakes that permitted the July 22, 2011, tragedy to occur. The report concludes: “the perpetrator could have been stopped earlier on 22 July.”
Last year, Anders Behring Breivik set off bombs in Oslo and shot children at a nearby island. The report on the incident includes the following retrospective assessments, Reuters reports:
Breivik’s trial wrapped up in June, and the court’s verdict will be released Aug. 24. Breivik denied his guilt and claimed his actions were justified in response to the ruling party’s support of Muslim immigration.