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Norwegian
Suspect Wanted European
Anti-Muslim Crusade
Published July 24, 2011
OSLO,
Norway – The man
blamed for killing at least 93 people
during terrorist attacks on Norway’s government headquarters and an
island
retreat for young people wanted to trigger an anti-Muslim revolution in
Norwegian society, his lawyer said Sunday.
An
Oslo district court judge decided
Monday to hold the arraignment for the suspect in the twin attacks in
Norway
behind closed doors.
Judge
Kim Heger made the decision on a
request from police. The suspect, Anders Behring Breivik, 32, had asked
for an
open hearing.
“Based
on information in the case the
court finds that today’s detention hearing should be held behind closed
doors,”
the court said in a statement. “It is clear that there is concrete
information
that a public hearing with the suspect present could quickly lead to an
extraordinary and very difficult situation in terms of the
investigation and
security.”
A
chief surgeon treating the wounded
from Friday’s mass shooting said
he
believes the attacker used special “dum-dum” bullets that cause massive
internal injuries. The doctor told The Associated Press that the
killer’s
chosen ammo “exploded inside the body.”
The
manifesto that Breivik published
online ranted against Muslim immigration to Europe and vowed revenge on
those
“indigenous Europeans” whom he deemed had betrayed their heritage. The
document
said they would be punished for their “treasonous acts.”
Police
said they were analyzing the
approximately 1,500-page document. They said it was published Friday
shortly
before the back-to-back bomb and gun attacks.
Breivik’s
lawyer, Geir Lippestad, said
his client wrote the document alone. While police said they were
investigating
reports of a second assailant on the island, the lawyer said Breivik
claims no
one helped him.
The
treatise detailed plans to acquire
firearms and explosives, and even appeared to describe a test
explosion: “BOOM!
The detonation was successful!!!” It ends with a note dated 12:51 p.m.
on July
22: “I believe this will be my last entry.”
That
day, a bomb killed seven people
in downtown Oslo and, about 90 minutes later, a gunman began opening
fire on
about 600 young people at a retreat on Utoya Island. Police said the
death toll
in the shooting rose by one Sunday to 86.
That
brings total fatalities to 93,
with more than 90 wounded. People remain missing at both scenes. While
police
have not released the names of any victims, the Norwegian royal court
is
reporting that Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s stepbrother was among those
killed
in the massacre.
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