able helicopter to transport forces to the island to stop the killer who was bent on highlighting his pet hates of immigration and multi-culturalism.
But state broadcaster NRK got a helicopter in the sky above Utoeya and filmed the gunman before police arrived at the scene.
"We have one helicopter which has very limited flying time,"
Fredriksen told a news conference.
He rejected the idea that Oslo's small police helicopter could have made a difference
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In the midst of the confusion, police admit they estimated the number of those killed and counted some victims twice.
At a hastily convened news conference around 4 a.m. on Saturday, police said the death toll at Utoeya was "at least 80." When new bodies were found
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"It was a demanding task for police officers when they came to the island. They had to prioritize survivors," Norway Police Chief Oeystein Maeland said. "In this situation, a higher number was generated."
"I'm not saying I see any specific issues that I consider worthy of criticism
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(Additional reporting by Henrik Stoelen, Terje Solsvik, Johan Ahlander, Wojciech Moskwa, Alister Doyle and Ole Petter Skonnord)
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"Why didn't you come earlier?," survivors screamed when Norwegian police arrived after an hour in which Anders Behring Breivik had wandered the wooded island of Utoeya shooting dead 68 people, most of them teenagers.
In a nation united by grief over the worst massacre in its modern history, few except the survivors quoted by media have criticized authorities for not preventing the attacks or for the speed of their response once they had been carried out.
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