Norway: funerals of terror victims
Baku, July 29 (AZERTAC). The first funerals for victims of Norway`s gun and bomb attacks are being held, a week after 76 people were killed in Oslo and on a nearby island.
Norwegian leaders joined relatives for a service held in Oslo by the youth wing of the Labor Party - the target of the shootings on Utoeya Island.
PM Jens Stoltenberg hailed the victims as "heroes" and said Norway`s response would be "more democracy".
It comes as killer Anders Behring Breivik is questioned again by police.
The first funerals are those of Bano Rashid, 18, who is being buried near Oslo on Friday, and of Ismail Haji Ahmed, 19, whose burial will be held in the south-western town of Hamar.
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere was attending Ms Rashid`s funeral in the town of Nesodden.
Both victims were among the 68 people - mostly members of the Labor Party youth movement - who were shot dead on Utoeya last Friday.
Another eight people died when a massive bomb hit central Oslo earlier that day.
Mr Stoltenberg attended the memorial service in Oslo, along with most of his cabinet.
Today it is one week since Norway was hit by evil," he said from a stage covered with red roses, the symbol of his governing Labor Party.
"We are not going to be shocked and intimidated into silence," he added. "The bravery that these young people have shown is catching. We're going to answer hatred with love. We're going to honor our heroes forever."
Later, Mr Stoltenberg is due to visit a mosque to stress national unity.
Police said they had now identified all the dead and would release their names later on Friday.
They have so far released 41 of the names.
The process has taken days because the authorities are scrupulously following a procedure of contacting relatives when they have positively identified victims.
Most were teenagers. The youngest of those named so far was Johannes Buoe, aged 14.
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