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Killer warns of 'martyr cells'

Posted by: Fairfax Media | 26 July, 2011 - 9:15 AM
Anders Behring Breivik heads to court (Fairfax Collections)

UPDATE: Norwegian Police have revised the death toll to 76.

EARLIER: Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik claims he is part of a network of up to 80 ''solo martyr cells'' of people wanting to overthrow Western governments that tolerate Islam.

The fear that he could send coded messages to associates was reportedly behind the judge's order that Breivik's Oslo District Court appearance last night be closed to the public and the media. Police also feared he might be lynched.

The armoured Mercedes that brought Breivik, 32, to the court's back entrance for the remand hearing was attacked by a crowd, it was reported.

The hearing was over less than an hour after his arrival.

District Court president Feir Engebretsen said the next hearing would be in four or eight weeks. Asked if the maximum penalty of 21 years was too short for this crime, Mr Engebretsen said there was a legal possibility Breivik could be jailed for longer.

Following the revelation of a 1500-page ''manifesto'' that Breivik emailed only hours before the attacks on Friday that killed at least 76 people, intelligence agencies are investigating whether he had accomplices, as fears of copycat crimes have risen across Europe.

Scotland Yard is investigating Breivik's claims he began his ''crusade'' against ''the Islamic colonisation of Europe'' after meeting other right-wing extremists in London in 2002.

He wrote that any member of a political group who had allowed Muslims to migrate deserved death for being ''multiculturalist traitors''.

The manifesto says the meeting called itself the ''European Military Order and Criminal Tribunal'' of the ''Knights Templar''. UK authorities have noted increased internet chatter by a group using that name.

The manifesto, which Breivik emailed to 5700 people just hours before he detonated the Oslo car bomb, is entitled 2083: A European Declaration of Independence.

It documents his meticulous planning. Between 2002 and 2006 he raised money and moved in with his mother to save more, and trained and took steroids in order to build up his strength.

In 2009, he bought a farm as a cover for buying fertiliser, a key ingredient in bombs. This year, he bought weapons.

After his arrest he told police he acted alone, but they have been investigating witness statements that spoke of more than one gunman.

A spokeswoman for the Norwegian public prosecutor's office last night refused to comment on whether police were looking for accomplices.

Breivik was expected to plead not guilty at a custody hearing overnight despite having confessed to the bombing and the massacre.

Breivik's lawyer, Geir Lippestad, has said he wanted to wear a uniform to the custody hearing and wanted it to be public. Breivik had written that trials could provide a ''propaganda base''.

During questioning, Breivik said he had intended to shoot former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during her presentation on the island where the shootings took place, but she was delayed, the Aftenposten reported, citing police sources.

Norwegian security officials have refused to comment on whether they were aware of Breivik as a potential threat but police have revealed more about why it took them nearly an hour to get to Utoya island, site of the massacre of 86 teenagers, following the first call for help.

Eric Berga, police operations chief in Buskerud County, said an inadequate boat and the wait for a special armed unit from Oslo slowed the response. ''When so many people and equipment were put into it, the boat started to take on water, so that the motor stopped,'' Mr Berga said.

Breivik had written of using dum-dum bullets to cause maximum injury.

Norwegian surgeons confirmed he used a similar type of ammunition.

''These bullets more or less exploded inside the body,'' said Dr Colin Poole, of Ringriket Hospital.

Norway last night observed a minute's silence for the victims.

About 100 volunteers in 32 boats were helping police in the search for up to five people who were still missing.

- Karen Kissane, Fairfax Europe Correspondent, Oslo

Amazing Norway survival story

Adrian Pracon's amazing 3AW interview here Self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik wants to make a public statement when he faces a Norwegian court today and he wants to be allowed to wear a uniform. Amazing interview with a survivor here.

Blog comments Your Say

  • Dr Gideon you have made the simple into very complex. Breivk is insane as is Martin Bryant.

    Mark Wednesday 27 July, 2011 - 10:17 AM

  • Sick of the Middle East problems Yes surprised No.This crap hole is the root of all evil and will continue to bring the world to its knees.Every major problem confronting the world has ties to the Middle East in one way or another.Level the joint!!!!

    Darrell Wednesday 27 July, 2011 - 10:15 AM

  • LRP has made an obvious connection that has been resolutely ignored by the Zionist-beholden Mainstream media in Australia - Breivik was not just a genocidal neo-Nazi mass murderer, he was also a genocidal pro-Zionist mass murderer. Islamophobe and pro-Zionist mass murderer Breivik has made it abundantly clear in his Manifesto that Muslims should be expelled from Europe, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, India and China. According to outstanding, anti-racist Jewish commentators Stephen Lendman (Chicago) and Gilad Atzmon (London), the 70 young Labor Norwegians Breivik murdered had expressed support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against genocidal, racist Zionist-run Apartheid Israel.

    Dr Gideon Polya Wednesday 27 July, 2011 - 9:02 AM

  • LRP, thanks i found that very interesting, and agree most of us are all sick of the middle east crap.

    janet p Tuesday 26 July, 2011 - 12:11 PM

  • As I thought there is much more to this story than an insane gunman killing innocent people for a deranged vision. A little research on the net will illustrate there is a deep division in Norway regarding the Israel Palestine issue. A deep and very violent division. The government of Norway have taken a tough stance on the actions of Israel regarding the innumerable deaths, the blockades and the encroachment of Israel on legally owned lands of Palestine. They have severed many ties with Israel, they have removed invested capital out of Israel and they have ceased military associations and contracts. Obviously this is the right of any government and frankly should be respected. The Israel government has applied great pressure on the Norway government as a result of this stance and indicated back in March that further action is imminent. The net also has articles stating Breivik had associations with the Freemasons and pictures of him wearing the paraphernalia. The relationship between Israel and the Freemasons is well documented. You will also find many articles in 2011 that are particularly violent in their undertones. Also a gaming room that overtly promotes extreme violence on this very issue. Also articles claiming the Norway government are anti Semites and supporters of the Nazi regime. The number of related articles is huge. This all seemed to have begun when Norway took a stance against the actions of Israel in Gaza and withdrew defence contracts and affiliations. Norway has historically been entirely peaceful before this issue. Clearly Breivik is sufficiently simple that he has been brainwashed by some other source. This combined with his obviously violent tendencies and his likely insanity has resulted in this horrific outcome. I for one am sick and tired of this Middle East situation.

    LRP Tuesday 26 July, 2011 - 11:41 AM

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