Anders behring breivik since 2017 legally fjotolf hansen and also known by his pseudonym andrew berwick, is a norwegian farright terrorist who committed. A posttrial profile of anders behring breivik combating terrorism. He is accused of destabilizing or destroying basic functions of society and creating serious fear in the population by. What america can learn from norways anders breivik trial. Norway is above anders behring breiviks sacrificial logic. On the second day of the trial the defendant read a statement to the court setting forth his rationale for the. Pdf on 24 august 2012, the judges of the oslo district court passed their final verdict in the case of anders behring breivik, declaring breivik. The emotional display came when prosecutors showed his antimuslim video.
A european declaration of independence in which he laid out his. From london to nice, berlin to oslo, 11 people caught up in attacks across europe reflect on the horror, the hope and the kindness of strangers. The story of anders breivik and the massacre in norway 20, translation in english by sarah death, 2015this elegantlywritten. Anders behring breivik born february 1979 is a zionist freemason and admirer of liberal philosophy, found guilty of the 2011 norway terrorist attacks. Anders breivik gives a closedfist salute to reporters on arriving at his oslo trial. On 24 august 2012, the judges of the oslo district court passed their final verdict in the case of anders. Breivik hoped attacks would kill hundreds bbc news.
After a trial that began in april 2012, breivik was sentenced to 21 continued. The norwegian police arrested anders behring breivik, a 32yearold norwegian rightwing extremist and his trial against him took place between 16 april and 22 june 2012 in oslo district court, where breivik admitted to having carried out the attacks. On 24 august 2012, breivik was convicted as charged and sentenced to 21 years in prison. Breivik trial turns more confrontational as utoya witnesses begin testimony the labor party youth camp attendees who were on utoya island when anders behring breivik went on a shooting rampage. The director of the ila prison, where breivik may spend the rest of his days, described how the mass murderer could be supplied with professional friends. Before anders behring breivik initiated two attacks around oslo, norway friday, he sent out a 1,500 page manifesto titled 2083. State prosecutors inga bejer engh l speaks with rightwing extremist anders behring breivik 2nd r as the court recessed for lunch during the second day of breiviks trial in room 250 at the. Mass murderer anders behring breivik wins part of a human rights case against the norwegian state, alleging inhuman or degrading treatment. The story of anders breivik and the massacre in norway. The terrorism trial of norwegian revolutionary nationalist anders behring breivik, 33, began in oslo district court in norway on april 16, 2012, and concluded on june 22, 2012, a month earlier than planned.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading one of us. A lay judge in the trial of confessed mass killer anders behring breivik was dismissed today for commenting online that the antimuslim extremist deserves the death penalty. Court interpreters translation of the formal indictment against anders behring breivik. Anders breiviks opening statement, day 2 april 17, 2012.
Anders behring breivik aimed to kill hundreds of people with his gun and bomb attacks, he tells day four of his murder trial in oslo. And although the scale of the accusations are nothing like the charges against anders behring breivik, the norwegian on trial in oslo for the systematic killings of 77 people last year in a. Norway violated rights of anders behring breivik, mass killer. On 24 august 2012, the judges of the oslo district court passed their final verdict in the case of anders behring breivik, declaring breivik criminally sane and legally responsible for the killing. Anders behring breivik born february 1979 is the perpetrator of the 2011 norway attacks. Norwegian mass killer anders behring breivik clenches his fist in a farright salute as he arrives in court for the second day of his terrorism and murder trial in oslo, norway, tuesday, april 17. The story of anders breivik and the massacre in norway 20, translation in english by sarah death, 2015this elegantly written. In his sick, twisted, paranoid fantasy world, breivik sees himself as warrior defending christian europe against a muslim invasion. Anders behring breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in norway last year, makes a farright salute as he enters the oslo district courtroom at the opening of his trial on april 16, 2012. This week, the trial began in oslo of anders behring breivik. Yet, nothing so resembles breiviks mindset as that of an islamist jihadist.
Translators note the terrorism trial of norwegian revolutionary nationalist anders behring breivik, 33, began in oslo district court in norway on april 16, 2012, and is expected to last until july. Behring breivik, declaring breivik criminally sane and. The lawyer for norwegian mass murderer anders behring breivik, serving a 21year sentence for killing 77 people in a 2011 bombandshooting rampage in norway, says he has appealed to the european cour. On july 22, 2011, anders behring breivik detonated a bomb outside the norwegian. Asne seierstad has written books on personalities in conflict. Breivik was sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention on 24 august 2012. On july 22, 2011, norwegian terrorist anders behring breivik detonated a 2,100pound bomb in the norwegian government quarter in the heart of oslo, killing eight people, before shooting and killing 69 people at utoya, a small island 25 miles from the capital.
On 22 july 2011, he killed eight people by detonating a van bomb amid regjeringskvartalet in oslo, then shot dead 69. Breivik gets 21year sentence in norway for 77 killings the new. Teenagers on the norwegian holiday island of utoya had to swim for their lives and hide in. Anders behring breivik clenches his fist as he arrives to courtroom for the first day of his trial in oslo, april 16, 2012. Breivik is active in the culturally conservative norwegian progress party, which favors restrictions on immigration. Anders behring breivik shed tears as he went on trial today for killing 77 people but not for his victims. On friday a norwegian court will hand down its verdict on anders behring breivik, who, on july 22, 2011, detonated a bomb in central oslo. The trial of anders behring breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 norway attacks, took place between 16 april and 22 june 2012 in oslo district court. The case of anders breivik i themenschwerpunkt lone wolf terrorism. Wikipedia and commons are not required to follow the ethical rules norwegian media are required to follow. A crowd estimated at over 100,000 people gathers in central oslo on the day that anders behring breivik made his first court appearance following his arrest for two terrorist attacks on july 22, 2011.
The case of anders breivik magnus ranstorp abstract. Breiviks thousandpage manifesto and his convictions in general are not the bizarre product of a delusional thought universe, as the first norwegian psychiatric. The story of anders breivik and the massacre in norway kindle edition by seierstad, asne, death, sarah. Oslo convicted of killing 77 people in a horrific bombing and shooting attack in july last year, the norwegian extremist anders behring. A posttrial profile of anders behring breivik combating. The biggest mistake that europeans could make would be to discount anders behring breiviks rambling tirades against islam and multiculturalism as the ravings of a crackpot. Second, through experimentation and dedication, breivik managed to build a new type of fertilizer bomb never before used in past terrorist attacks. Anders breivik says he killed to protect indigenous norwegians. Mass killer anders breivik loses human rights case against. Norways breivik admits killing 77 but pleads not guilty cbc. One of the most striking aspects of the book is that turrettini delves into the norwegian culture of jante or janteloven. Trial of anders behring breivik wikipedia anders behring breivik wikipedia. A daybyday summary of the trial of anders behring breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in norway last july but denies criminal responsibility. Norwegian mass murderer breivik appeals to european court.
Jens breivik, father of norwegian massmurderer anders behring breivik, spoke out today against a book about his late exwife in which he is negatively portrayed. Breivik had argued that the conditions of his confinement, including restrictions on communication, were a violation of the european. The terrorist attack on 22 july 2011 in norway shocked the nation and the world. So while anders behring breiviks extreme acts may have much to do with his troubled personal background and mental problems in combination with radicalization through the echo chambers of extreme rightwing milieus online, the argument i will advance in this book is simply that these echo chambers were not of his own making.
Of the many grim details emerging from the trial of anders behring breivik, an unexpected twist appeared in norways verdens gang newspaper. It was out of this world that the thirtytwoyearold anders behring breivik stepped when, on the afternoon of july 22, 2011, he set out from his mothers flat in oslos west end, changed into. Reuters the terrorism of anders behring breivik is so horrific it can be difficult to even describe. Peter mangs trial in sweden has echoes of breivik case.
Norwegian mass killer anders behring breivik loses a human rights case, with an appeals court overturning a lower court verdict that his nearisolation in a threeroom cell was inhuman. The secret war of israel against norway wotansvolk. Father of norway killer anders behring breivik slams. The prosecutor said breivik was playing world of warcraft wow fulltime between the summer of 2006 and summer 2007.
They said, somethings happening in oslo, in the government district. She looks at norwegian mass murder anders breivik with the same, unjudging. The man, anders behring breivik, was working to build a powerful explosive that he hoped would shock norway to its senses. Anders behring breivik, norway murderer, wins human rights.
The terrorism and murder trial against norwegian mass killer anders. Opinion at breivik trial, a chance for norway to heal. Mass murderer anders behring breivik 2011 norway attacks. Anders behring breivik defiantly rejected the authority of the court at the opening of his trial on monday for the 22 july attacks that shocked the. So claimed anders behring breivik at his trial in oslo last week.