Social media has been serving as a key way for people around the world to send out and receive information. Many of our Twitter followers reported turning to Twitter, Google+ and live streaming news organizations for updates on the story. Most people told us that online news reports were delivering the news faster than television.
We now know that at least seven people were killed Friday in Oslo after a bomb exploded in the main government district. Later in the day, reports said a shooter entered a Labor Party rally on the island of Utøya dressed in a police uniform and opened fire. At least nine people were killed in that incident. The two acts are related, according to The Wall Street Journal, with police saying that the suspect is Norwegian.
To follow developments on this story, here are the resources recommended by our readers.
Twitter Hashtags
Live Streams to Follow
Other Resources
Oslo explosion Storify by Joseph Stash
Google+ Resources
Raymond K, from Oslo, has been sending powerful live reports from his country.
A post suggesting which Google+ users to add to a circle for breaking updates, made by Siegfried Hirsch
Twitter Accounts to Follow
Andy Carvin of NPR: @acarvin
Reuters: @Reuters
Rune Håkonsen of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp: @runehak
Blake Houshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine: @blakehounshell
@finansakrobat, a Norwegian reporter.