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Norwegian mass killer barred from attending his mother’s funeral
Norwegian prison authorities have rejected a request by mass killer Anders Behring Breivik to attend the funeral of his mother, who died last week after a long illness, his lawyer said Tuesday. Breivik, a 34-year-old right-wing extremist who is serving a 21-year jail sentence for killing 77 people in twin…
Norway mass shooter files complaint over ‘aggravated torture’
Rightwing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who is serving a 21-year jail sentence for killing 77 people, has complained to the Norwegian government over prison conditions akin to “aggravated torture”, his lawyer said Thursday. In his complaint to Justice Minister Grete Faremo and the governor of the Ila high security prison,…
Anger as Norway police drop Breivik response probe
The family of a teenager killed by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik reacted angrily Friday after a probe into police’s slow response to the July 2011 twin attacks was dropped. “Apparently, no one will ever learn from the grave mistakes that were made on July 22, not the police…
Norway killer Breivik refuses to appeal 21-year sentence
An Oslo court verdict last month handing gunman Anders Behring Breivik a 21-year prison sentence stands after he told his lawyers he would not lodge an appeal by Friday’s deadline, they said. Norwegian Breivik was sentenced to his country’s maximum prison sentence for his July 22 twin attacks last year…
Norwegian journalist publishes book of emails from mass killer Anders Behring Breivik
A Norwegian publisher on Monday released a book of some of Anders Behring Breivik’s email correspondence that show how he prepared for his July 2011 attacks that left 77 people dead. The correspondence supports an Oslo court verdict last month that presumed Breivik sane, the book’s author Kjetil Stormark said.…
Smiling Norway mass killer Breivik jailed for 21 years
An Oslo court on Friday sentenced Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik to 21 years in prison, subject to extension, for his killing spree last year that left 77 people dead. The verdict, in line with what Breivik himself wanted, brings to an end a spectacular 10-week trial for the…
Norway PM under pressure after scathing Breivik report
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was under pressure Wednesday in the wake of a scathing report on the authorities’ handling of the Anders Behring Breivik attacks that left 77 people dead. Several polls published on Wednesday showed that a majority of Norwegians wanted Stoltenberg to stay on as prime minister,…
Norway marks anniversary of Breivik’s massacre
Religious services, wreath-laying ceremonies, commemorative gatherings and a concert are scheduled across Norway Sunday on the first anniversary of twin attacks that killed 77 people. On July 22, 2011 right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik first set off a bomb near the government building in Oslo, killing eight people, before going…
Norwegian killer judge caught playing solitaire during court proceedings
One of the five judges in the trial against Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in Norway last year, was caught on camera playing solitaire online during proceedings on Monday. In a screen capture published on the website of newspaper Verdens Gang, one of the three…
Young wounded Norwegians to testify in Breivik mass-killing trial
Young Norwegians wounded in Anders Behring Breivik’s shooting rampage testified for the first time Monday about how he coldly hunted them down, and used the trial to taunt the self-confessed killer. “We won, he lost. Young Norwegians know how to swim,” Frida Holm Skoglund, 20, told Oslo district court when…
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