Anders Breivik made a far-right salute as he arrived at a courtroom to face trial over the the murders of 77 people in Norway last year, and has interrupted proceedings to say that he does not recognise the Norwegian court.
He told judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen: "I do not recognise the Norwegian courts. You have received your mandate from political parties which support multiculturalism. I do not acknowledge the authority of the court."
‪Breivik stood up again to confirm his date of birth and that he was currently in prison. The judge said: "And you are unemployed?"‬
Breivik sipped water as horrific details of his mass killings were read out in court
‪Breivik replied: "That is not correct. I am a writer and I work from prison."‬
The 33-year-old showed no emotion as the judge read out the names and details of the people he killed in the shooting spree, the youngest of whom was just 14.
Wearing a dark suit and metallic-coloured tie, he looked down and touched his chin as the gruesome details of their deaths were read out.
He told the judge: "I do not recognise the Norwegian courts"
Overall 102 names, dates of births and details of those Breivik killed and injures were read in court over 30 minutes.
After hearing the charges, Breivik said ‪it was "self defence," telling the judge: "I acknowledge the acts but I do not plead guilty, I claim that I was doing it in self defence."‬
The killer looked composed as he was handcuffed and led out of the court for a 20 minute break.
The prosecutor Svein Holden's opening statement focused on how Breivik was radicalised.
Holden said the killer claimed to be part of a secret organisation dedicated to removing Islam from Europe and modelled on the medieval Christian military order the Knights Templar. But the prosecutor said in their opinion "no such network exists."
Police have not been able to substantiate his claims of being in a group and believe he acted alone.
On Monday the prosecution detailed how Breivik sold fake diplomas on the internet and played the computer game World of Warcraft "extensively" in 2006.
One of the survivors of the massacre Jorid Nordmelan, who will hear Breivik testify, said the trial was unprecedented.
"It's a historical date for Norwegians," she told the BBC. "We never had a trial like this, so we don't know what's going to happen.
Armed police walk in the street outside the Oslo district courtroom
"Prosecutors told me they were going to make the opening statements awful, so that people can just feel what he did right there."
He is due to give evidence for five days, explaining why he set off a bomb in Oslo, killing eight, before gunning down 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a Labour Party youth camp on Utoya island, outside the Norwegian capital.
Since Breivik has confessed to the July 22 attacks - claiming they were necessary to protect Norway from being taken over by Muslims - the key issue that remains unresolved is his mental health.
Breivik attempted to justify his views in a 1,500-page manifesto published on the internet before the atrocities.
The police van with terror charged Anders Behring Breivik leaves the Ila prison in Baerum, Norway
The carnage caused by Anders Breivik began with a bomb in Oslo.
Eight people were killed when his device exploded at the high-rise building in Oslo at 3.26pm local time on 22 July last year.
It left a dust-clogged square covered in twisted metal and shattered glass.
Police described it as an "Oklahoma city-type" bombing, targeting a government building, perpetrated by a home-grown assailant and using the same mix of fertiliser and fuel that blew up a building in the US in 1995.
But as police battled to deal with the effects of the bomb, a much more deadly attack was about to begin 20 miles north-west of the capital.
Prosecutors showed images of Breivik taken from his manifesto. A badge on the uniform read "Marxist Hunter"
Breivik, dressed as a policeman, drove to a lake outside the capital and took a ferry to the island of Utoya, where hundreds of young people were attending a summer camp organised by the youth wing of the Labour Party.
At around 4.50pm he opened fire, claiming another 69 lives. It is claimed that he beckoned to his young victims before shooting them one by one.
Survivors of the shooting spree described hiding and fleeing into the water to escape.
Police arrived on the island an hour and a half after the gunman first opened fire, because they did not have quick access to a helicopter and could not find a boat to reach the scene just several hundred yards away.
When the armed officers did locate a boat they overloaded it, causing it to breakdown.
Breivik surrendered when officers finally reached him on Utoya at 6.35pm.
Oslo police director Oeystein Maeland said later: "I regret we weren't able to arrest the suspect earlier than we did."
He went on: "Could police have been faster? The answer is yes.
"If the boat hadn't been over capacity, police would have been on Utoya faster."
Mr Maeland added: "If it would have led to another and better result is nothing we know for sure, but we can't rule it out. And it's tough, like I've said before, to think that lives thereby would have been saved."
Chilling accounts soon emerged of what happened at the camp.
A 15-year-old, Elise, said she heard gunshots but then saw a police officer and thought she was safe. Then the man started shooting people in front of her.
"I saw many dead people," she said.
"He first shot people on the island. Afterwards he started shooting people in the water."
Dana Berzingi, 21, said several victims "had pretended they were dead to survive".
But after shooting them with one gun, he blasted them in the head with a shotgun, he added.
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UPDATE: More details from the trial
Anders Breivik made a far-right salute as he arrived at a courtroom to face trial over the the murders of 77 people in Norway last year, and has interrupted proc...
UPDATE: More details from the trial
Anders Breivik made a far-right salute as he arrived at a courtroom to face trial over the the murders of 77 people in Norway last year, and has interrupted proc...
Anders Breivik is not lawyer Geir Lippestad's first unpopular client. In 2002 he represented a neo-Nazi who knifed to death a mixed-race teenager in Oslo....
None, and that's his point.
It's like in the film 4 Lions when the suggested target for the bomb is the mosque.
So that the moderates, in their disgust rise up and call for holy war.
This muppet has got such a skewed view of reality it is almost laughable until you consider the memories of the dead and the feelings of their friends and relatives. Then it is no longer laughable.
He has already admitted the killings, he is desperate to be treated as a sane 'crusader'.
The best thing Norway can do? put him in an asylum for the rest of his days. That'll really pi$$ on his chips!
Dr_Turbine: None, and that's his point. It's like in the film
All societies appear to loose there way the moment life becomes too "comfortable" check history out from Human conception and all societies at some point appear to take there eye off the ball, having sufficient food to eat, clothes and effects are not enough and radicals/violence/power crazed individuals rise to the top..
We need to show this guy, we are not like him!!!
tractorgirl: All societies appear to loose there way the moment life
If right-wingers posting here had used the term 'irony', as in : the irony is that Breivik is using what appears to be a black power salute, while his ideology would appear to oppose it, then I would agree with them.
JohnBryansFontaine: If right-wingers posting here had used the term 'irony', as
He is mad as a hatter. I have seen people like this when I have had to visit mental homes. There are people talking about inflicting pain on him well sorry but he will only enjoy it. I have seen one mental patient (a woman) slowly cutting this other womans ear off and both enjoying it. It is no good trying to understand people like him in fact he is no longer a person that has gone. Really it is the duty of the rest of humanity to stop him doing nasty things to himself or others. There is only one thing I don't understand is where he got the money for all that expensive military hardware.
Fletching: He is mad as a hatter. I have seen people
The Truth - Anders Breivik is on the political far-right :
Breivik's far-right[16] militant ideology is described in a compendium of texts, titled 2083 – A European Declaration of Independence and distributed electronically by Breivik on the day of the attacks.[16][17][18][19] In it he lays out his worldview, which includes support for cultural conservatism, ultranationalism, right-wing populism, Islamophobia,[20] Zionism, anti-feminism,[21][22] and Norwegian nationalism.[23] It also expresses support for paramilitaries such as the Scorpions.[24] It regards Islam and cultural Marxism as the enemy, and argues for the violent annihilation of "Eurabia" and multiculturalism, and the deportation of all Muslims from Europe (culminating in the year 2083)[25] to preserve European Christendom.[16][26][27][28] Breivik wrote that his main motive for committing the atrocities on 22 July was to market this manifesto.[29]
Sorry, even as a Liberal, the crime this man committed deserves death. Personally, I would do far worse to him, if given the chance. He needs to feel the pain that he brought onto others, make him cry and beg for mercy! Harsh, yes, but when taking so many lives, you must pay a harsh price. If his guilt was in question, I would most likely have a different view.
Wacokid36: Sorry, even as a Liberal, the crime this man committed
Vile filth comes from the fascist swine that support the BNP. Unless you are a wind up, which is possible, you are a supporter of the filth that make up the BNP with their criminal records and love of Hitler.
soton0703: Vile filth comes from the fascist swine that support the
He looks like he is auditioning for a part in a film about world war 2,it looks like he is auditioning for the part of that cowardly inbred dictator that once thought he could cleanse the world & have a blond hair, blue eyed race, er what was his name, oh yes thats right, Adolf Hitler, & look what happened to him.
It is a shame this idiot isn't standing trial in a Texas court room, he wouldn't be looking so composed then, All the cowardly murderers & rapists are sorry when they are strapped to that Gurney!
For those interested in upcoming executions and executions carried out in The U.S.A, Mark wiles will be getting executed tomorrow night In ohio, midnight U.K time followed by Daniel Greene on wednesday night.
jamiespencer28: He looks like he is auditioning for a part in
None of the survivors want this. Outsiders shouting for death sentence need to understand that.
We do not condone barbaric behaviour in our justice system and we would never stoop to his level.
An eye for an eye makes the world blind.
Derpa: None of the survivors want this. Outsiders shouting for death
Much better than the justice he gave the 77 innocents , don't you think .
And as he was caught 'red-handed' , the trial , which they say will last about 10 weeks , will serve no other purpose , than make a load of rich barristers even richer.
old_boy: Much better than the justice he gave the 77 innocents
They diagnosed him with a variety of illnesses; none of which would mean he'd be unfit for normal sentence. That's the difference between the two reports; one would sentence him to forced psychiatric care, and the other would sentence him to prison.
He's nuts, everyone agrees with that.
Derpa: They diagnosed him with a variety of illnesses; none of
Only lawyers could go into court and try to pass this off as "self defence". And they wonder why they're down below secondhand car dealers in the public's view of credibility.
Mac_Howard: Only lawyers could go into court and try to pass
I'm guessing the 'self defence' plea is Breivik's own idea, and his lawyer is just following his client's instructions, and probably thinks it is a ridiculous plea as does everyone else. The reason Breivik is going for this plea is so he can have a full trial and get his few weeks of fame, and the opportunity to grandstand his 'beliefs'.
DaveScriv: I'm guessing the 'self defence' plea is Breivik's own idea,
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