In Norway, several survivors of the 2011 attacks by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik and politicians called on Thursday to unite against the hatred that claimed 77 lives.

For 72 long minutes, Anders Behring Breivik had tracked and killed panicked young people on the island of Utøya.

Ten years to the day after the attacks perpetrated by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, survivors and politicians called on Thursday to unite against the hatred that claimed 77 lives on July 22, 2011. That day, Anders Behring Breivik , disguised as a policeman, first detonated a bomb near the seat of government in Oslo, Norway, killing eight people, then opened fire on a Labor Youth (AUF) rally on the island of Utøya, causing 69 other victims.

Most of them teenagers.

A 72-minute attack

"July 22 (name commonly given to the attacks in Norway, editor's note) was no accident, it was not a natural disaster," said a survivor of the shooting, Astrid Eide Hoem, who became chief last year from AUF. "It was a targeted political terrorist attack and motivated by far-right ideas. By hatred," she said during a ceremony on Utøya. For 72 long minutes, Anders Behring Breivik had tracked and methodically slaughtered panicked young people trapped on the 0.12 km2 island. The objective, he explained, was to dry up the breeding ground of the Labor Party, the traditionally dominant force in the country, which he criticized for promoting multiculturalism.

"Ten years ago, we went to Utøya to change the world. But it is our world that has been changed forever," said Astrid Eide Hoem who, at 16, had her life spared by hiding in an escarpment.

"Deadly right-wing racism and extremism thrive among us. Hate has killed and hate can kill again," she warned.

"Now we have to settle our scores with racism and extremism day in and day out."

Like her, many survivors of the killing believe that a decade later, Norway has still not put the ideology behind Anders Behring Breivik on trial.

"Strengthening a bulwark against intolerance and hate speech"

Speaking at the foot of the government building ravaged by the bomb in 2011, Prime Minister Erna Solberg also said in the morning that "we cannot leave hatred unanswered". "The most important parade, we have to build it in all of us," said the conservative leader. "To strengthen a bulwark against intolerance and hate speech". At noon, the country's churches rang their bells in unison in homage to the victims of the bloodiest attack in Norway since the end of World War II.

Sentenced in 2012 to 21 years in prison, a sentence likely to be extended indefinitely, Anders Behring Breivik, now 42, will likely spend the rest of his days behind bars.

According to a study recently published by the National Center for Stress and Traumatic Violence (NKVTS), a third of Utøya survivors last year still suffered from major disorders: post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, headaches. ..

Many survivors still receive threats and hate messages.

"I know someone tried to kill me because of my beliefs," said one of them, Elin L'Estrange.

"Suddenly, if someone today tells me that he wants me dead, I take him very seriously even if it doesn't have to be."