Pyongyang, August 5 (KCNA) -- An Ultra-Right element carried out a bomb attack and shooting spree in Norway recently, leaving 77 people dead and dozens of others wounded.

They were shocking tragedies that stunned Europe in the wake of the bomb attack in Madrid in 2004 and the subway bomb attack in London in 2005.

The incidents unprecedented in the history of peaceful Norway are a wake-up call to the international community that ultra-right forces have been revived in Europe to seriously challenge the social order on the continent.

The man suspected of the recent shooting spree is a typical ultra-right element styling himself a "conservative Norwegian". In the past he did not hide his extremist stand and categorically opposed the idea that various cultures can coexist.

His hooliganism tells the world that it is an urgent task for the European countries to hold in check the spread of the ultra-right idea and, at the same time, achieve social stability irrespective of political view, religious faith and culture.

After the end of World War II, the state control over Nazism considerably weakened the ultra-right forces in Europe and there was an exodus of immigrants to the West Europe which was short of manpower from Mideast and African countries. With the flow of time social integration presented itself as a headache due to the wide gap among various ethnic groups in culture and lifestyle.

Recent economic depression in Europe injected fresh energy into the ultra-right forces. The European economy is hit hard by global financial crisis and debt crisis, increasing the joblessness and sparking off Xenophobia among some people.

Ultra-right forces became vocal in the political forces in European countries including Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany and Austria.

Such ultra-right organizations as "Skin heads" and "self-styling nationalists" have frequently appeared on streets, vandalizing real estates and staging violent demonstrations. These posed a threat to the living of the people at large.

More than 20,000 cases of crimes committed by those elements were reported in Germany in 2008.

Such ultra-right trend also affected the political order in Europe. Some ultra-right political parties took parliamentary seats and even some of them held important government posts, influencing states to adjust policies in such a manner as to control cultural leniency.

The tragedy of bloodshed in Norway warned the whole Europe that such ultra-right trend has gone beyond the limit, letting extremism do harm to the life of the people and the society.

The international community should draw a lesson from the shocking bloodshed committed against the peaceable inhabitants of Norway and heighten vigilance against the revival of ultra-right forces.