PCBaller World/Norway-Sweden/Notable Events/Sørskogbygda Ungdomsskole Siege

Overview
(also referred to as the Sørskogbygda school hostage crisis) was a terrorist attack that started on 9 June 2032, lasted 31 hours, involved the imprisonment of more than 312 people as hostages (including 201 children) and ended with the deaths of 36 people, 11 of them children, as well as 23 of the attackers.

The attack began a group of 35 armed terrorists occupied the main building of the Sørskogbygda Ungdomsskole in the town of Sørskogbygda, Norway on 1 September 2004. The hostage-takers were members of the Swedish Liberation Front, who demanded the immediate release of two high ranking SLF members. The Militiamen realized they were outnumbered, and at that point called for backup from the armed forces.

When the armed forces under Bjorn Haldorsson arrived 3 hours after they were called, negotiations started. After nearly a day and a half of negotiations, the armed forces decided to storm the building, resulting in the SLF being routed, thought they detonated multiple IEDs throughout the building, which is what resulted in the deaths of 11 children in the gymnasium of the building.