'I heard screams. I heard people begging for their lives and I heard

THORBJOERN Vereive said the killer had been armed with a handgun and "something that looked like a rifle". "When I swam out into the water he shot all my friends," he said. "He shot them when they were running away. I hid in a cave and had to lie in the water."

Norway's royal family and prime minister led the nation in mourning, visiting relatives of the teenagers who were gunned down in the town of Sundvollen, near the island."I saw many dead people," she said. "He first shot people on the island. Afterward he started shooting people in the water."Look for a warranty. Only buy from a safe manufacturer that has confidence in its product. The best warranties will replace or repair your safe for free if it is damaged by a break-in attempt�although many will ask that you ship it back with a police report.Make sure the housing for the lock is protected. Some burglars will try to drill into your lock in order to get it open. Some safe manufacturers create ingenious ways to keep that drill from hitting the interior housing for the lock. One way involves two thick metal plates with a layer of ball bearings between. When a drill hits the ball bearing layer, it can�t move forward�there�s no friction. The ball bearings often break off the drill bit as well. Other manufacturers design other ways, such as angled plates to deflect the drill bit away from the lock house.Eyewitness reports told how a methodical massacre took place after a man dressed as a policeman arrived under the guise of informing the organisers about the bomb attack."I heard screams. I heard people begging for their lives and I heard shots," he said. "He just blew them away. I was certain I was going to die. I saw about 20 people come towards him and he shot them at close range."The bottom line is that you can�t have too much safe. Buy a safe that will accommodate your gun collection as it grows. Most importantly, don�t think cheap when it comes to the safe that�s supposed to protect your valuables�because you�ll get what you pay for. You can�t expect a �50.00 safe to do a good job protecting �10,000 worth of firearms�buy a safe that does justice to your collection. If you do, your guns should stay safe and secure.A 15-year-old camper, whose names was given only as Elise, said she had believed she was safe when she saw a police officer, but he then started shooting people.BAE Systems will display the Mk 38 gun in booth #1419 at the Navy League Sea Air Space Exposition April 11-13 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.Make sure it can be bolted down. The most important thing a burglar needs in order to crack a safe is time. And they won�t get that in your house. That�s why most burglars will physically remove the entire, unopened gun safe to a more secure place, where they have unlimited time to get it open. Even very heavy gun safes can be moved�many burglars bring dollies with them just in case. That�s why it�s crucial to avoid buying a gun safe that can�t be bolted to the floor�preferably a cement floor.Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6675593&lang=enBut one official said it was more akin to "Norway's Oklahoma City", in reference to the suspected link to a domestic far-right terrorist.The chilling details of how the island summer youth camp was "transformed into hell" by Friday's gun massacre began to emerge yesterday.The US, European Union, Nato and the UK all condemned the attacks, while Home Secretary Theresa May said British police were ready to help detectives in Norway.Look for an alarm. Some safes come with automatic alarms that go off the moment someone tries to break into your safe. If your gun safe is bolted down and the thieves decide to take a crack at it in your home, the alarm will put a great deal of pressure on them to get done in a hurry. It could put them off stealing it altogether.Dana Berzingi, 21, described how several people had pretended they were dead in a bid to escape the gunman. After shooting the victims with one gun, the killer shot them again in the head, he said.Stoltenberg said he had spent every summer since 1974 on Utoeya, but that his childhood paradise had been "transformed into hell" by the attack.However, police are investigating witness accounts that a second person could have been involved in the shooting attack on Utoeya island.Just hours earlier, seven people had been killed when a bomb blast rocked Oslo city centre. A 32-year-old Norwegian, named as Anders Behring Breivik, has been charged over both attacks.One man was detained outside a hotel, where families were waiting to identify the bodies of victims, after being found to be carrying a knife. He said he was carrying it because he did not feel safe.Police fear the total death toll could rise to 98, with some people still missing from the island, where about 600 young people had been gathered. Searches were yesterday still taking place in the area and around its coast.In a sign of the terror that has gripped the usually placid country, the army yesterday patrolled the streets of its capital."I lost several friends," he added."There were people hiding in the cave and he tried to lure people out by saying, 'It's safe, come out. He picked them out, one by one. He was mostly silent. It looked like it didn't bother him," Vereive added.Vereive, 26, was one of the lucky ones. At least 85 of the other young people at the Utoeya island Labour Party youth camp were killed when a man opened fire on them on Friday afternoon.She said: "I made clear ... that we will help in any way we can. In particular I offered police assistance, which we stand ready to provide, should Norway request it.""This is beyond comprehension. It's a nightmare," he said. "It's a nightmare for those who have been killed, for their mothers and fathers, family and friends."The Mk 38 Mod 2 is a 25mm, remotely controlled gun system that provides the Navy with a lethal weapon to fulfill the critical role of ship self-protection. The system, with a range of more than 2,500 meters, is highly autonomous and is effective against multiple surface threats.When asked whether all the victims died from gunshot wounds or if some had drowned, foreign minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said it was likely to be "a combination".The blast in Oslo left a square covered in twisted metal and shattered glass. Ian Dutton, who was visiting from New York and staying in a nearby hotel, said the dust-clogged aftermath was reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.Look for a relocker. This is a device that will cause the lock to close again if it is broken open. It won�t protect the contents of the safe forever, but it is very effective in making the break-in process more complicated�which is a definite deterrent for burglars.Work on this delivery order will be performed at BAE Systems’ Louisville, Kentucky facility.The Mk 38 Mod 2 Gun System allows for crew-safe conditions with a remote-operated console. Photo by BAE Systems.

"Also, we will want to make sure that we learn, like others, any lessons there are to learn about how to be more secure against horrific outrages like this."

Author: Judith Duffy