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by kluge 5438 days ago
Another fact to contrast the magnitude is the fact than in 2009 there was a total of 31 homicides in Norway. This attack produced more than two years of homicide victims.

http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/minifakta_en/en/main_0...

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Wow. That's incredible. In Montana we have just shy of 1 million people. According to the stats there were 28 murders in 2009. Montana is a very safe state and that's still 5 times Norway's murder rate.