Norway is victim to another terrible youth camp tragedy: Polar Bear attack

As if Norway hasn't had enough tragedies in the past couple of weeks, we can add another freak accident to that list. Not only is it in Norway, but it just happens to involve another youth camp!

Yesterday, at Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, a ravenous Polar Bear fatally mauled a 17-year-old boy and sent four others to the hospital with serious injuries.

Horatio Chapple: 17-year-old victim

The youth camp that was attacked was the British Schools exploring society. It is "a youth development charity, some 25 miles east of the town of Longyearbyen, said Liv Asta Oedegaard, spokeswoman for the Svalbard governor's office," according to Today.com. Their personal website describes the camp as one that "Provides opportunities for young people to take part in exploratory projects abroad, led by experts."

The organization's site, http://www.bses.org.uk/, was updated today following the tragedy:

Following the tragic incident in Svalbard on 5 August, BSES has contacted every family affected and they have shown support and understanding. Our priority is providing help and assistance and our Executive Director, Lt Gen Peter Pearson is on the ground in Svalbard.

We extend our utmost sympathy to the family of Horatio Chapple who continue to ask for their privacy to be respected. The family said: "Horatio was so excited about his plans to be a doctor, strong, fearless and kind with an amazing sense of humour and an ability to laugh at himself. He was on the cusp of adulthood and had a clear vision of where his life was going."

The bear reportedly entered one of the camp's tents on Friday, and proceeded to brutally attack the five campers inside.

This particular site was known to have polar bears, and there was tripwire installed to keep them from intruding. If a bear triggered the wire, a flare gun would go off to alert the campers. Obviously it didn't work.

Why no one was alerted, no one knows.

Today.com identifies the others injured as, "the group's leaders, Michael Reid and Andrew Ruck, and the two other injured teens were identified as Patrick Flinders and Scott Smith."

Ruck (left), Michael Reed (right)

As for the Polar Bear? It was immediately shot and killed by a member of the group. To give you an idea of the strength of this bear, the Huffington Post says, "[Polar Bears] are the world's largest non-aquatic predators. Although they don't usually hunt humans, they can attack nearly anything if they are hungry."

The deceased Polar Bear following the attack

UPDATE ON NORWAY TRAGEDIES: Breivik admits to both massacres and disturbing documents released

Suspected bomber and shooter, Anders Behring Breivik, admitted to the recent attacks in Norway, but says he is not "criminally responsible."

Despite bombing Oslo's Government District and going on a TWO HOUR shooting spree a youth camp, killing a total of 92, his reasoning was: 'There are situations in which cruelty is necessary, and refusing to apply necessary cruelty is a betrayal of the people whom you wish to protect.'

Patriotic? Or evil...?

In a YouTube posted 6 hours before the consecutive acts of violence, "he attacked multiculturalism and Muslim immigration to his '7,000 patriotic Facebook friends," according to the Daily Mail. He also posted a massive 1,500 page document online "[that] describes the planning, explosives making and violent philosophy that lead to the bombing in downtown Oslo and shootings at a Labor youth camp nearby."

What's scarier than a mass murderer? An incredibly SMART mass murder.

He also posted pictures of himself, including this one, armed and ready to kill:

Here is a sample of the disturbing book he wrote prior to the massacres:



To see more from this 1,500 page document, CLICK HERE.

At least 91 Dead so far following a Norway Youth Camp Attack

This is an image of the Norwegian Labour Youth summer camp

Massive shooting at the Norwegian Labour Youth League summer camp in Utoeya Friday, July 21, 2011 kills at least 91:

Right Wing extremist, Anders Behring Breivik, is the young man that police believe is responsible for the brutal death of at least 91 children.

Why?

According to the Huffington Post, "Norwegian TV2 reports that Breivik belongs to "right-wing circles" in Oslo. Swedish news site Expressen adds that he has been known to write to right-wing forums in Norway, is a self-described nationalist and has also written a number of posts critical of Islam."

The 32-year-old Christian, suspected man says, "my youth paradise, and now it's been changed to hell," according to a simultaneous translation provided by Sky News.

The fact that he mentions his "youth," may have contributed to the fact that he targeted the youth in this massive attack. www.today.com says, "There are thought to have been hundreds of children on the island, aged from 11 or 12 to 18 or 19."

The gunman (thought to be Breivik), was dressed as a police officer in order to conceal his identity. The camp was just made aware of the bombing in Oslo, so they were already on high alert. The fact that Breivik was dressed as a police officer actually made them feel safe.

In addition, this horrible act of violence is believed to be linked to the Oslo bombing that occurred just hours earlier. They also believe he acted alone during both attacks.

The personal accounts of the victims are heart wrenching. Children fleeing from the camp in attempts to stay alive, seeing their close friends get murdered. Kids playing dead after getting shot and being forced to stay still and silent.

This is an image of terrified children attempting to swim away from the chaos.

This is an image of the rescue effort following the shooting.

Adrian Pracon, a youth official at the camp, tells us of the terror he experienced on that tragic Friday:

"I was the last man hitting the water and therefore I didn't have time to take my shoes and clothes off," Pracon told the BBC. "I had to return because the boots and clothes were pulling me under."

"He saw me returning, he saw I was almost at the shore and pointed the barrel at me. At that time I yelled and cried 'Please no, please no.'"

Pracon told the BBC that for some reason the gunman "spared my life."

He said he lay down on the shore among what seemed like 20 dead bodies and tried to play dead.

"Then there approached 10 people. He started shooting at every single person, they were crying, they were screaming, people were falling over me. These were my friends," Pracon told the BBC. "While I was playing [dead], I had to shield myself with people. By playing dead, I believed I saved my own life."

LISTEN TO HIS PHONE INTERVIEW HERE:

This was just one of the terrifying experiences that children, ages 11-19, had experienced.

This was taken after the Oslo bombing (9 killed)

Another image from the Oslo bombing which took place just hours before the youth camp shooting

Following the incident, a Twitter account was made of Breivik. Only one post, but the post is chilling. Whether it is him or not, the fact that people support him is troubling.

Here is a survivor of the youth camp shooting who suffered gunshot wounds