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STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court, Tuesday, after 10 years behind bars, claiming he is no longer a danger to society and attempting to get an early release from his 21-year sentence. The far right terrorist has shown no remorse since slaying 77 people in a bomb and gun massacre in 2011, and families of victims and survivors fear he will grandstand his extreme views during the hearing, which experts say is unlikely to deliver him an early release. Randi Rosenqvist, the psychiatrist who has followed up Breivik since his 2012 jailing, says “I can say that I do not detect great changes in Breivik’s functioning,” since his criminal trial when he bragged about the scale of his slaughter, or his 2016 human rights case, when he raised his hand in a Nazi salute. “In principle and practice someone seeking parole would have to show remorse, and to show that they understand why such acts cannot be repeated,” she said. She will give evidence at his...

In Norway, on Wednesday, July 21, commemorative events are held to remember the events ten years ago, when killer Anders Breivik took the life of 77 people, French news agency AFP and news portal France 24 report. ➤  Utoya  |  Find related content here On July 22, 2011, Anders Breivik, detonated a fertiliser bomb outside a government building in Oslo, killing eight persons. Then he took a ferry to the island of Utoya, located in a lake northwest of the capital owned and run by the youth league of Norway’s Labour Party, and dressed in a self-made police uniform tracked and gunned down 69 people, mostly teenagers and injured 110 more.  Police finally arrived and arrested him. ➤  Anders Breivik  |  Find related content here Subsequently, the killer was handed the maximum sentence – 21 years in prison, which can be extended indefinitely, AFP and France 24 report. Norway’s July 22, 2011, terror attack: a timeline STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A timeline of the e...

Anders Breivik SKIEN, Norway — Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik kicked off his return to court by making a Nazi salute Tuesday during his bid to improve conditions inside the Norwegian prison where he is being held in isolation for massacring 77 people in bomb-and-gun attacks. Appearing in the public eye for the first time since his conviction nearly four years ago, the 37-year-old Norwegian and his lawyers are trying to convince a judge that his prison conditions are "inhuman" and violate the European Convention on Human Rights. The government has rejected his claims, saying he is being treated humanely and with dignity despite the severity of his crimes. With a dark suit and a shaved head, Breivik was led into the gym-turned-courtroom in Skien prison, where the trial is being held for security reasons. After prison guards removed his handcuffs, Breivik turned to journalists covering the hearing and stretched out his right arm in a Nazi salute. Stone-f...

On the afternoon of July 22, 2011, Ihler, a 20-year-old theater major at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and a political activist, was hanging out with a few friends on Utoya, a small, heart-shaped emerald isle set on the waters of the Tyrifjorden lake in Buskerud County, Norway, roughly 24 miles from the capital city of Oslo. The youth wing of Norway’s Labour Party that owns Utoya Island was holding a summer camp there for hundreds of young people. Ihler and others on the island had heard about a bomb blast in Oslo earlier that day that had claimed eight lives. Despite news of the blast, many on the island felt they would be safe there – miles away from chaotic Oslo. But on that day, the scenic island’s fairy tale-like tranquility was shattered. As Ihler and others found out within minutes, a lone-wolf killer wielding a handgun and an assault rifle was indiscriminately and heartlessly killing young people as he walked calmly across the island. He was also wea...

OSLO – Norwegian jailed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has had his application to study political science at the University of Oslo rejected, the institution said Tuesday. Breivik, a right-wing extremist who is serving a 21-year prison term for killing 77 people, published a 1,500-page manifesto moments before his 2011 murderous spree. The 34-year-old killer’s application had reportedly caused concern among faculty staff, with some refusing to teach him. But the university said he lacked the qualifications to take the course. “The conclusion is that he isn’t considered sufficiently qualified to start a course in political science,” the rector of the university, Ole Petter Ottersen, said. On July 22, 2011, Breivik killed 77 people, mostly youths, by planting a bomb outside Oslo’s main government building and later opening fire on the Labor Party’s youth camp on the island of Utoya. He has repeatedly said he would continue his ideological struggle against a multicu...

SWAT team landing on Utoya Island OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik says the logical punishment for his massacre of 77 people would be either the death penalty or an acquittal. Breivik says the maximum prison term in Norway of 21 years is "pathetic." THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. OSLO, Norway (AP) — Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's claims of belonging to a secret anti-Muslim militia appeared to crack Wednesday, as he acknowledged the supposed crusader network is "not an organization in a conventional sense." Nonetheless, the 33-year-old Norwegian, who has admitted to killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre on July 22, insisted the mysterious group exists when questioned by prosecutors on the third day of his terror trial. "It is not in my interest to shed light on details that could lead to arrests," he said refusing to comment on the g...

LONDON -- Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to killing 77 people in a rampage last July, went on trial Monday in Oslo for Norway’s worst criminal episode since World War II. The 33-year-old right-wing extremist has admitted to slaying 69 young people gathered for an annual Labor party political camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya on July 22 after killing eight other people by detonating a homemade bomb that destroyed a government building in the center of the Norwegian capital. Breivik appeared calm and defiant as he entered the courtroom dressed in a dark suit and wearing handcuffs. He surveyed the ranks of media and public packed inside the courtroom and smiled. Family members and survivors of the attacks were in the public sector, separated from the defendant by thick glass partitions. After his handcuffs were removed he gave a raised-fist fascist style salute before sitting down and giving a brief statement, saying: “I do not recognize the Norwegian courts. ... You ...

Swat team on Utoya Island The fact that Norway's maximum penalty for any crime is 21 years in prison is facing rising criticism in the wake of the twin attacks that killed 93 people, with many deeming the penalty too lax. Ever since Norwegian media named 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik as the prime suspect, calls have been growing for the maximum penalty under the Norwegian penal code to be extended. If found guilty, Behring Breivik's 21 years in prison would equal a penalty of 82 days per killing. "So many innocent people have been killed that I think he doesn't have the right to live," Mari Kaugerud says on her Facebook group "Yes to the death penalty for Anders Behring Breivik" that already has 1783 members. Dozens of similar groups have sprung up since Friday's killings, some calling for the death penalty, others for natural life in prison. "People like that shouldn't be able to get out among normal people," says 31-year-...