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Breivik found legally accountable and sentenced to 21 years in prison
The Oslo District Court has ruled that Anders Behring Breivik was legally accountable for his actions on 7/22/11, and has sentenced him to twenty-one years detention in prison, reports Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang (VG).
Detention is a particular type of sentencing according to Norwegian law, applicable when the court believes there is great danger that the crime in question may be repeated, or believes that the convicted person poses a danger to society.
The maximum timeframe for a detention verdict is twenty-one years, but it may be extended with additional five year periods if prosecutors can convice the court that the legal requirements for detention still remains.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Breivik sane – sentenced to detention
OSLO DISTRICT COURT (VG Nett) The court believes terror accused Anders Behring Breivik (33) is accountable and sentences him to 21 years detention with a minimum term of 10 years.
The judgement is read for Breivik by the court administrator Wenche Elizabeth Arnzten 10 o’clock Friday afternoon. The entire court room nr 250 stood upright during the reading.
- Anders Behring Breivik is sentenced to detention. The verdict is unanimous, says Arntzen.
In the press room a loud murmur spread among those watching the large screens, while it in the court room around Breivik is quiet and calm.
The whole verdict is 90 pages, and Judge Arntzen and professional judge Arne Lyng will share in reading between them. Breivik killed 77 people and injured 42 seriously with the bomb in the government quarter and the massacre at Utøya.
Original article: Breivik tilregnelig – dømt til forvaring
Related Wikipedia article [in Norwegian]: Forvaring [detention]
Court Medical Commission appears not to have approved second psychiatric report
Confusion has arisen as to whether or not the Court Medical Commission, an organ that oversees reports submitted by court-appointed psychiatrists, has aproved the second psychiatric report in the trial against Anders Behring Breivik.
While the Court Medical Commission approved the controversial first psychiatric report without any comments, it requested additional information from the second pair of psychiatrists who concluded that Breivik is legally accountable for his actions. Specifically, the commission requested further discussion regarding Breivik’s youth and how contradictory evidence has been weighted.
After the psychiatrists Agnar Aspaas and Terje Tørrissen submitted the additional information, the commission issued a statement that it acknowledged the response, and requested that the two psychiatrists provide further information in court.
Now, according to Verdens Gang (VG), co-judge Arne Lyng has taken the unusual step of sending a letter to the commission asking it to clarify whether the report has been approved or not. The question of legal accountability is the main question for the court to decide.
On Friday, June 1, the court received a response from the commission. According to VG, Judge Wenche Arntzen stated that the court interprets the letter as meaning the commission still has two objections to the report. One of Breivik’s lawyers, Tord Jordet, says to NRK: “There is no clear conclusion. The commission has sent a long letter, there are many words, but it is a bit difficult to understand. The commission has neither approved or disapproved the report,” he says to NRK.
Before the trial began, Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Labor) attempted to rush through legislation that would make it legal in Norway to establish one-man psychiatric hospitals which could be used to house prisoners, including political dissenters, who are considered a security threat.
Most psychiatrists and political commentators following the trial, however, seem to be of the opinion that Breivik does not appear in court as described by the first psychiatric report, which was as a low-functioning, psychotic, paranoid schizophrenic. To the contrary, most court observers report that Breivik appears composed, well spoken and reflective.
Google translation:
The court asks the Commission to explain
* Geir Lippestad: violation of the law
* Terje Tørrissen: “Unclear for many”
* Yvonne Mette Larsen questions the Commission’s impartiality
In a remarkable letter asking judges in terror case The forensic Commission clarify whether the recent psychiatric report is approved or not.
The Commission’s statement of 21 May, and rumblings in the media from Commission members, has created uncertainty about what is the outcome of their review of the additional declaration to Agnar Aspaas and Terje Tørrissen, the two recently appointed of four experts in the terror case.
Defender Geir Lippestad think it would be a violation of the Criminal Procedure Act, it is not clear whether the Commission has approved the report or not.
The Commission shall enter and witness first on the trial fourth last day.
Lippestad think it must be clarified as soon as possible, the second report is good fishing or not.
“We must know in good time before these witnesses shall be the court, so we can prepare ourselves and possibly consider new evidence means,” said Lippestad….
Original article: Retten ber kommisjonen om forklaring
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Related article: Rieber-Mohn: “Never experienced this before” (Rieber-Mohn: “Aldri opplevd dette før”)
Related article: “Very unlikely” that Breivik is psychotic (“Helt usannsynlig” at Breivik er psykotisk)
Related article: “Significant deficiencies” by Breivik Report (“Vesentlige mangler” ved Breivik-rapport)
Related article: The Commission has not yet approved (Kommisjonen har ennå ikke godkjent)
Letter from the Court Medical commission [in Norwegian - opens pdf]
Immigrant set himself on fire in front of Oslo District Court
A 49 year man with an immigrant background set himself on fire and ran towards the police barrier in front of the Oslo District Court on Tuesday, May 15th, according to Verdens Gang (VG). Authorities have not disclosed which country the man is originally from.
According to VG, witnesses report that the man shouted “it hurts” and “shoot me, shoot me.” Dagbladet reported that according to a surveillance video of the incident, the man ran around engulfed in flames for about a minute before police officers arrived and put out the fire by throwing water on him.
Before the man set himself on fire, he reportedly stepped into a lawyer’s office and left behind letters of refusal from the Social Security Services together with a handwritten note stating that he felt the victim of a plot and that nobody understood him.
Four days before the incident, a man from Iraq man was dragged out of the courtroom after having shouted and thrown a shoe at Breivik.
Google translation:
Burning man laid in the ground at the courthouse
15/05/12
It was at 13:42 that a man set himself on fire and tried to get through the fences and in the security check in front of the courthouse in the capital.
He moved first around the tram stop outside the courthouse, before he suddenly took out two bottles of liquid.
“He had two bottles of flammable liquid which he poured over himself,” says an eyewitness to VGTV….
Original article: Brennende mann lagt i bakken ved tinghuset
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Related article: Submitted envelope to a lawyer just before he set fire to himself (Leverte konvolutt til advokat like før han tente på seg selv)
Related article: Brant for a minute before police threw themselves upon him (Brant i et minutt før politiet kastet seg over ham)
Related article: Man set fire to himself at the courthouse (Mann tente på seg selv ved tinghuset)
Related article: The police want to talk to man who burned himself (Politiet vil snakke med mann som tente på seg selv)
Iraqi man shouts and throws shoe at Breivik in court
Verdens Gang (VG) reports that a man jumped up from his seat and threw a shoe at Anders Behring Breivik in court today.
Breivik was quickly escorted out of the courtroom and the shoe thrower, a man from Iraq, was quickly dragged away by police officers while he shouted in English: “Go to hell, go to hell, you killed my brother.”
The shoe that was thrown hit one of Breivik’s lawyers, Vibeke Hein Bæra. According to VG, the incident was a dramatic event that caused very many to begin crying. Some, however, applauded the attack. Judge Wenche Arntzen immediately ordered a break in the court session.
Authorities drove the attacker away in an ambulance rather than in a police car.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Man threw shoe towards Breivik
05/11/2012
When Breivik was brought into court again, he spoke with his lawyers and gesticulated strongly.
“If there is someone who wants to throw something, you can throw at me when I go in or out [of the room],” says Breivik.
“Do not throw at my lawyer,” he said further.
He has now taken place at the dock, after a short conversation with the defenders.
The judges are back, and the court is set again. The Judge Wenche Arntzen does not mention the incident.
“Here you go, when we continue,” she said….
Original article: Mann kastet sko mot Breivik
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A few hours after the incident, Aftenposten spoke to the attacker, whose name is Hayder Mustafa Qasim.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
“I had to give the killer a message from everyone he has ruined the lives of”
05/11/2012
“My brother was killed on Utøya. He was alone in Norway, without family. The killer took his life. And he destroyed the life of me and my family. I have traveled from Iraq to Norway to be present in court. And it has made a huge impression on me,” he said.
His brother, Karar Mustafa Qasim, came to Norway as a single asylum seeker from Iraq as a 16-year-old. On Utøya, at the Bolshevik Bay, he was hit four times by the killer’s bullets….
Original article: «Jeg måtte gi drapsmannen en beskjed fra alle han har ødelagt livet for»
Leadership of the Norwegian Justice Department resigns
The entire leadership of the Justice Department has sought to be released from their duties, reports VG. Both Head of Department, Morten Ruud, and Assistant Head of Department, Hans Olav Østgaard, have applied to be honorably released from their duties, current Justice Minster Grete Faremo (Labor) confirmed to VG.
A total of four top leaders of the Norwegian Justice sector have now been replaced since the 7/22 attacks. Previous Justice Minister, Knut Storberget (Labor), stepped down in November 2011 following death threats, and the head of the PST (Police Security Service), Janne Kristiansen, was forced to resign in January of this year.
On 7/22, the 900kg bomb was placed immediately outside the building housing the Justice Department and the offices were completely destroyed in the explosion. Four Justice Department staff members were killed, three in the governmental offices and one attending the Labor Youth Organization (AUF) camp at Utøya.
Former Justice Minister, Knut Storberget (Labor), was controversial due to his attempts to ban blasphemy and introduce hijab into the Norwegian police force.
Google translation:
The entire top leadership of the Justice Department steps down
04/27/2012
(VG Nett) The entire top leadership of the Justice Ministry has sought dismissal. Also assistant secretary Hans Olav Ostgaard steps down before the summer.
This Justice Minister Grete Faremo (Labor) confirms to VG this afternoon….
Original article: Hele toppledelsen i Justisdepartement går av
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Related post: Head of PST steps down, PST staff do not want another political appointment
Related post: March phone threats were made to the Justice Department
Another co-judge in Breivik trial forced to step down
The Oslo District Court (Tingrett) decided today that co-judge, Thomas Indrebø, should step down, after it became known yesterday that Indrebø had made strong statements regarding Breivik before being appointed co-judge.
It appears that Indrebø may have an Italian middle (sur)name (Ciccone) that he has not been using when serving as a co-judge in the trial against Anders Behring Breivik.
Using the alias “Thomas Ciccone”, Thomas [Ciccone] Indrebø commented on the Facebook group of VG Nett on July 23 of last year: “Death penalty is the only fair thing in this case!!!!!!!!!!”
Before the trial commenced, another co-judge had to step down after VG revealed that the son of that co-judge was a prominent Labor Youth Organization (AUF) politician.
A reserve co-judge will now take the place of Indrebø.
Yesterday, Breivik objected to the court’s neutrality. He said that the Oslo District Court gets its powers from political parties that support multiculturalism, and that the primary judge, Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, is a friend of former Justice Minister Hanne Harlem.
The Justice Department was completely destroyed by the 7/22 explosion, and Hanne Harlem is the sister of former Prime Minister and Labor Party leader, Gro Harlem Brundtland.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Removed as co-judge after death penalty message
04/17/12
Oslo District Court (VG Nett) Thomas Indrebø (33) is finished as lay judge, because he wrote that the defendant Anders Behring Breivik should be punished with death.
Late last night it became known, via vepsen.no, that one of the lay judges in the 22 July case has taken position on both the question of guilt and punishement reaction in social media. This was new to the court, despite the fact that all the judges in advance were asked specifically about online activity.
It meant that the District Court Judge Wenche Arntzen started rettsdag second with one hour break, so they could make a decision in the unfortunate case.
“His statements are likely to weaken confidence in whether he will consider the question of guilt and punishment sanctions in an unbiased manner,” Arntzen said afterwards.
She pointed out that the fact that such statements was a topic in relation with him being appointed, further weakened the confidence in Indrebø.
“All co-judges have in several meetings been asked whether they have made statements regarding punishment and guilt. That he has not stated this before causes confidence to be weakened further,” Arntzen read from the decision.
The court was unanimous when they decided that Indrebø is disqualified. He did not participate himself in the evaluation.
Both the prosecutors, the defence and plaintiffs’ lawyers agreed that Indrebø had to resign as co-judge when the information about the online activity became known.
The first replacement judge, pensioner Anne Elisabeth Wisløff (71), will take Indrebø’s place. Ole Westerås (46) from Lier will step in as new reserve.
When District Court Judge Wenche Arntzen took up the question of impartiality of the lay judge in court, Breivik smiled. The accused 33-year-old discussed with his defender just after court was adjourned – still with a smile around his mouth….
Original article: Fjernet som medommer etter dødsstraffmelding
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Related post: Co-judge in Breivik trial found to have conflict of interest, steps down
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Breivik maintains that Knights Templar network exists
Anders Behring Breivik maintains that there exists “a loosely organized network that identifies themselves with ‘the Crusader identity’” in his recent critique of the first psychiatric report which he sent to three Norwegian newspapers (VG, ABC Nyheter and Dagbladet), reports ABC Nyheter. According to ABC Nyheter, Breivik refers to the network as the “KT-Network” in the document.
Dagbladet apparently misunderstood one sentence in Breivik’s letter and reported the opposite of ABC Nyheter: that Breivik wrote that the Knights Templar is fictitious. After many other news organizations had re-reported the story, Dagbladet changed the article (see Google translations below) without notice to readers.
One of Breivik’s lawyers, Tord Jordet, later made it clear to Dagbladet that the sentence Dagbladet based its original story on should not be interepreted as meaning the Knights Templar does not exist. “He stands firm on that the organization exists and that he is connected to a secret network,” Jordet said to Dagbladet.
Breivik’s critique of the first psychiatric report is reportedly thirty-eight pages long. It is not known why the newspapers which received it have chosen to only publish fragmented pieces.
Google translation of ABC Nyheter article [edited for clarity]:
Breivik maintains claims of contact network
04/04/2012
In the letter Breivik has sent to VG, Dagbladet and ABC Nyheter from prison, he maintains that there exists a “KT-Network”, that is a “loosely connected network that identifies itself with ‘the Crusader identity’.”
He mentions three persons he shall have met in London in 2002 and “the Serbian” he shall have met in Liberia the same year. In addition, he claims that in the period 2002-2011 he shall have been in contact with two persons who have “all or part of their presence in Norway.”
“My use of the word Commander is a reference that is used in the compendium where I refer to myself as a cell commander. It is used in relation to me being connected with two other individuals/cells in Norway,” claims Breivik.
The question of whether Breivik had accomplices, have been central in the police investigation….
Original article: Breivik fastholder påstandene om kontaktnett
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Google translation of original Dagbladet article [edited for clarity]:
Breivik admits lie: Brotherhood does not exist
04/04/2012
For the first time Anders Behring Breivik admints that the secret brotherhood Knights Templar is just fiction.
(Dagbladet): Terror accused Anders Behring Breivik (33) now admits that the secret Knights Templar order he has claimed to be a part of have never existed.
“Does not exist”
This comes forward in a 38-page letter he has sent to three Norwegian media companies, including Dagbladet. The letter is Breivik’s attempt to rebut the court appointed experts’ assessment of him as a paranoid schizophrenic and the legally unaccountable.
In his manifesto, in interrogation and court hearings Breivik has claimed to be part of a larger international network, ready to carry out new terrorist acts.
Now he admit that this is just made up fiction….
Original article: Breivik innrømmer løgn: Brorskapet eksisterer ikke
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Google translation of revised Dagbladet article with new headline [edited for clarity]:
“It is thus a NON existing system”
04/04/2012
Breivik now admits that the secret brotherhood Knights Templar not is what he claimed it was.
(Dagbladet): Terror accused Anders Behring Breivik (33) now admits that the secret Knights Templar order he has claimed to be a part of has never existed as an established organization.
This comes forward in a 38-page letter he has sent to three Norwegian media companies, including Dagbladet. The letter is Breivik’s attempt to rebutt the court experts’ assessment of him as a paranoid schizophrenic and legally unaccountable.
“Does not exist”
In his manifesto, in questioning and court hearings Breivik claimed to be part of a larger international network, ready to carry out new terrorist acts.
Now he admits that this apparently never has been agreed upon….
Original article: Breivik innrømmer løgn: Brorskapet eksisterer ikke
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Google translation of final Dagbladet article [edited for clarity]:
Breivik claims “his brotherhood” was misunderstood
04/11/2012
Breivik now says [to Dagbladet] through his lawyer Tord Jordet that this [the sentence Dagbladet based a news story on] should not be perceived as if Knights Templar does not exist:
“He sees that this sentence [in question] can be interpreted in this way. But what he meant [in this sentence] was that it is a proposal for a medal, uniform and title system. He stands firm on that the organization exists and that he is connected to a secret network,” Jordet says to Dagbladet….
Original article: Breivik hevder «hans brorskap» ble misforsått
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Related post: Breivik has written a critique of the first psychiatric report
Related post: Norwegian police still uncertain if Breivik met Milorad Ulemek in Liberia
Related post: Aftenposten writes that police have found no evidence of resistance network
Breivik receives letters of support and encouragement
Anders Behring Breivik has received letters of support and encouragement reports Norwegian newspaper, Verdens Gang (VG). Breivik is held in a high-security section of Ila Prison and all correspondence is read by prison personnel. VG has gained access to copies of some of the letters and has published anonymized excerpts.
One Norwegian citizen currently living in Lithuania wrote: “The Polish guy probably will probably fix a helicopter in the large excercize enclosure in a couple of years when things have calmed down and Brazil for you!” The writer also states that he met Breivik in a pub in Oslo in 2002.
Another letter Breivik received over Christmas contained only six blank pages numbered with Roman numerals one to six (I-VI).
VG also writes that Breivik has reportedly received two undated letters from a pseudonymous author calling himself “The Architect”:
“Hi Anders! Thank you for a well conducted operation, but it is of course sad that you are where you are now. The whole group greets you and thank you for the strike against the communist rule”. The letter also contained a brief note to the police: “Letter and envelope are free from fingerprints and DNA. We are not stupid.”
From the second letter:
“Hi Anders. Here is a small greeting from the group. Both you and we know you are not psychotic, but a fully aware person that sacrified yourself for the cause. We will always stand by you and you shall not lack anything.”
At the bottom of the page is written: “With Norwegian combat greeting. The Architect.”
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Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Encouraged Breivik with escape plan
04/06/2012
In two other undated letters from a group calling itself “The Architect” Breivik is praised for the terror attacks on 22 July:
“Hi Anders! Thanks for the well conducted operation, but it is of course sad that you are where you are now. The whole group greets you and thank you for the strike against the communist rule”, the sender writes.
In addition, it is claimed that the mass murderer will never be lacking anything.
The stamp shall have been from Norway, but was unreadable. The sender shall have taken care [not] leaving fingerprints and DNA, something the person also made the police aware of. “Letter and envelope are free of fingerprints and DNA. We are not stupid.”
In the second letter from the unknown group there was only one A4 sheet.
“Hi Anders. Here is a small greeeting from the group. Both you and we know that you are not psychotic, but a fully aware person who sacrificed yourself for the cause. We will always stand with you and you shall not be lacking anything.”
At the bottom of the page it says.
“With Norwegian combat greeting. The Architect.”…
Original article: Oppmuntret Breivik med rømningsplan
New court-appointed psychiatrists have concluded that Breivik is legally accountable for his actions
The new court-appointed psychiatrists, Agnar Aspaas and Terje Tørrisen, have concluded that Anders Behring Breivik is legally accountable for his actions, reports Verdens Gang (VG).
Their psychiatric evaluation consisted of a series of interviews as well as three weeks of continous observation by a team of psychiatric health personnel.
Ultimately, it is the court that is responsible for determining Breivik’s legal accountability.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
New report: Breivik is accountable
04/10/2012
Oslo District Court (VG Nett) The two new court psychiatrists believe that Anders Breivik Behring is legally accountable.
That is the conclusion of the new declaration which was handed over to the court, as VG Nett reported at 11.47.
20 minutes later the conclusion was confirmed by a press release from Oslo District Court:
“The experts’ main conclusion is that the defendant Anders Behring Breivik is considered NOT psychotic at the time of action on July 22 2011. This means that he is considered accountable at the moment of the crime.”
The conclusion is the opposite of what Torgeir Husby and Synne Sørheim arrived at, and will create a new discussion around the role of court psychiatrists….
Original article: Ny rapport: Breivik er tilregnelig
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Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Experts conclude that Anders Behring Breivik is sane
04/10/2012
In a press release released a little over 12 o’clock it is stated that the experts conclude that Behring Breivik was not psychotic when he committed the crimes. It is also made clear that the psychiatrists do not believe that he has a serious mental illness, or suffers from mild retardation.
These are the points in the conclusion:
1. The observed was not psychotic, unconscious or mentally retarded to a high degree at the time of the accused acts.
2. The observed does not have a serious mental disorder with significantly impaired ability of realistic assessment of his relationship with his surroundings, and he did not act during a strong disturbance of consciousness at the time of the accused acts.
3. The observed does not suffer from mild mental retardation.
4. The observed was not psychotic at the time of the evaluations.
5. There is a high risk of repeated violent acts.
The report is in total 310 pages and consists of a mandate description, a description of how the psychiatrists have worked, an evaluation of the time of action towards time of the observation, abstracts of case document, a section that is devoted to testing and diagnostic assessment, and an evaluation of the tests. …
Original article: Sakkyndige konkluderer med at Anders Behring Breivik er tilregnelig
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Breivik made millions of Norwegian crowns
Police investigations have shown that 3.6 million Norwegian crowns (ca. US$630,000) were transferred to various foreign bank accounts held by Anders Behring Breivik between 2003 and 2006, reports Verdens Gang (VG). VG writes that the money stems from online sales of novelty/fake certificates.
The Norwegian press have previously claimed that Breivik did not make any significant money on his business projects, and has repeatedly suggested that Breivik has been lying about his business successes.
While working on his businesses, Breivik rented his own apartment. However, in 2006 he decided to move home to his mother’s apartment. It has been reported that he told his mother and half-sister that he intended to write a book. According to NRK, Breivik wrote in his diary in the autumn of 2009 that the book was completed, and that the project at this point entered a new phase; to obtain what he needed to produce the 900kg (2000 lb.) fertilizer bomb used in the 7/22 attacks.
It appears that Breivik took steps to avoid paying taxes to the Norwegian state, and according to the current VG article, Breivik’s mother has admitted to police that she assisted him in laundering some of his money, roughly 400,000 Norwegian crowns (ca. US$70,500). Breivik reportedly took out cash from various ATM cards which she then deposited into her bank account and later transferred to Breivik’s bank account.
The new information about Breivik’s finances has implications for the validity of the first psychiatric report which now appears to be based on incorrect information about Breivik’s ability to sustain himself financially.
More importantly, however, the first report now also appears to be founded on incorrect grounds with regard to the evaluation of whether Breivik has a realistic perception of reality, and whether he is speaking the truth in the compendium (the manifesto), in police questioning, and when interiewed by the court-appointed psychiatrists.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
The mother laundered money for Breivik
04/01/2012
The mother of accused terrorist Behring Anders Breivik (33) admits in the police interrogation that she helped her son to money launder 400,000 kroner.
The money comes from mass murder’s sale of fake diplomas on the internet, which was far more lucrative than what has previously been known.
From what VG is informed the police investigation shows that 3.6 million crowns were deposited in Breiviks foreign bank accounts from 2003 to 2006…..
Original article: Moren hvitvasket penger for Breivik
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Related article: Breivik fortalde halvsystera om “manifestet”
Newspaper publishes excerpts from notes made by Breivik in days after 7/22 attacks
Norwegian newspaper, Verdens Gang (VG), has published excerpts from detailed notes made by Anders Behring Breivik in the days after the 7/22 attacks which were subsequently confiscated and copied by the police. In the notes, Breivik documents in diary format the course of events from the time of his arrest.
Pål Abrahamsen, a professional court psychiatrist, has told VG that Breivik writes and reports like a soldier would have done, without being emotional. Abrahamsen says that he believes the diary notes will be important for the conclusions of the new court psychiatrists, Agnar Aspaas and Terje Tørrissen, as the notes indicate that Breivik understood what he was doing on 7/22.
According to Aftenposten, psychologist and author, Ellen Kolsrud Finnøy, who is currently working on a book about Breivik, is of the opinion that Breivik’s prison notes clearly show that Breivik did not suffer from psychosis at the time. “It is not possible for a person in psychosis to behave so coherently as Breivik does here,” she says.
The first psychiatric report by Torgeir Husby and Synne Sørheim concluded that Breivik was psychotic during the attacks and, hence, not legally accountable for his actions.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Mass murderer’s own prison notes
4/02/2012
VG has gained insight into Breivik notes written shortly after he was arrested and subsequently seized and copied by the police. Especially the day when he was a terrorist, has 33-year-old has been very detail in their descriptions:
«18.30 – after capitulation – 6 Delta [police special forces], which was guided to my position by the heli-thermo camera. Is secured by Delta and 5 other begins search & destroy missions for other cell members. Give notice that I have not rigged myself [with explosives] and that there are no more cell-mbrs at Utøya. Give also signal to Delta that they must sucure rifle, glock, knife and spores. Delta secures me with double cuffs (metal + plastic) on the hands, back, and strips on the legs. After about 46 min in the woods with Delta (19.15), the police have established a forward positioned operating base in the white main house at Utøya and I am led into this by 1-3 interrogators + regular police take over for Delta and I am being led into the house’s 2nd floor where a total of 3 interrogators gather. 1 from Kripos + 1 from special operations + 1 other (PST?). General interrogation that lasts for 3-4 hours (22.15 to 23.15). The rest of the clothes + equipment taken away + medical examination (including patch on bleeding finger). Thereafter I am transported out in a boat (expropriated from a private citizen) and into a car on land. Thereafter the journey goes to the main jail (Greenland [downtown Oslo]). “…
Original article: Massemorderens egne fengselsnotater
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Google translation [edited for clariy]:
- Breivik reports like a soldier
04/02/2012
- He is a soldier, and reports like a soldier would have done and does not mix in emotions. What he did, must undoubtedly have been demanding, but he apparently manages to keep distance emotionally, Abrahamsen says to VG.
The psychiatrist believes that the notes show that Breivik is able to distinguish clearly between emotions and intellect. He believes the notes are important for the conclusion of court psychiatrists Terje Tørrissen and Agnar Aspaas that deliver their report about Breivik on Tuesday 10.
- This is an authentic documentation from when it happened – and it is more important than what he said long afterward. It says something about how he was doing, and it says something about him. When he writes this, it suggests that he has been able to understand what he has done without showing emotions, says Abrahamsen….
Original article: “Breivik rapporterer som en soldat”
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Related post: Court orders new psychiatric evaluation of Breivik
Appeal of decision not to allow public broadcast of Breivik testimony rejected
The Court of Appeal (Borgarting lagmannsrett) has rejected the appeal of the decision by the Oslo District Court (Tingrett) not to allow Anders Behring Breivik’s testimony to be broadcast to the public, reports Verdens Gang (VG).
The decision was appealed by the Norwegian Editors Asssociation and the Norwegian Press Association, as well as by Breivik’s lawyer, Geir Lippestad.
Leader of the Norwegian Editors Association, Nils Øy, says that the organization is considering whether to appeal to the Norwegian Supreme Court, writes Dagsavisen.
Due to the decision by the court to reserve almost all seats in the courtroom for the press and victims and their relatives, the Oslo District Court has broken with the tradition common in democracies in which regular citizens have the right to follow court cases in person in their entirety in order to ensure that judges follow the law and that trials are fair.
Google translation:
No TV transmission of Breivik’s explanation
27/03/12
The media will not transfer Anders Behring Breivik’s explanation in the Oslo District Court, the Court of Appeal ruled….
The Court concludes, however, that there has not been any wrong interpretation of the law in court, and reject the part of the appeal. The judges rejected the other arguments in the appeal paper.
The ruling shows that the interests of those affected and bereaved weighs heavily, giving the court the opportunity to refuse “photography or recordings” that will lead to an “undue burden”….
Original article: Ingen TV-overføring av Breiviks forklaring
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Google translation:
TV censorship
29 March 2011
The Court of Appeal has upheld the District Court’s decision that Anders Behring Breivik’s explanation can not be communicated directly off the television.
This is a form of censorship. The Court is completely outdated when it comes to relate to today’s media world….
Population, not just those that are present in court, is entitled to consider whether it can really voice that Breivik is irresponsible. Consideration for the relatives can not stand over the public right of access. Television pictures will help remove some of the doubts about the man’s mental condition. There is no question of giving Breivik a soapbox for their insane political opinions, but to document the main issue in the most severe trial in post-war period. Norwegian Editors’ Association considers whether the case should be brought before the Supreme Court. Our request is that you have to do….
Original article: TV-sensur
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Court decision (in Norwegian): PDF
Related post: Court decision to deny public broadcast of Breivik’s testimony appealed
Related post: Oslo District Court denies broadcast of Breivik’s testimony to the public
Co-judge in Breivik trial found to have conflict of interest, steps down
The Oslo District Court (Tingrett) has decided that one of the co-judges appointed for the trial against Anders Behring Breivik has a conflict of interest and must step down, reports Verdens Gang (VG).
The individual in question, Ole Johnny Foss, has a son who is a prominent Labor Youth Organization (AUF) politician in Oslo. The shootings at Utøya occurred at the AUF’s annual summer camp for aspiring Labor Party politicians.
None of the participants of the trial questioned the neutrality of Foss until VG began writing about the circumstances over the last few weeks.
Google translation:
Breivik-lay judge is disqualified
26/03/12
One of the lay judges in terrorism case being removed because of his son’s position in the AUF.
Ole Johnny Foss, who was to be a deputy associate judge in the case were known disqualified by the Oslo City Court today. It happened after the VG first mentioned her son’s membership in the AUF.
The court will now draw a new deputy associate judge who will take part in the trial….
The son of Foss is a prominent politician in the AUF capital and committee chairman in one of the districts. He is also vice chairman of the AUF team in the same district. Five days after the terror told his son about the attacks in a Norwegian newspaper, and told also that he knew more people who lost their lives Utøya….
Original article: Breivik-meddommer er inhabil
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Related post: Court decides that regular co-judges be appointed in Breivik trial
Breivik psychiatric observation completed
The court-ordered psychiatric observation of Breivik ended this past Wednesday, March 21st, VG reports. This was one week earlier than the four week maximum observation period stipulated by the court.
Google translation:
Ends Breivik observation one week before deadline
03/19/12
The Oslo District Court said in a Twitter message. This was decided after a conference between Dikemark hospital, which is responsible for the observation, and the new expert, Terje Tørrissen and Agnar Aspaas, considering Breivik’s mental health.
The observation, which started 28 February, has been carried out in a 60 square meter room in Ila. Health professionals from Dikemark have gone for days internship to spend all waking hours a day with the terror accused.
“We consider that three weeks is sufficient. Now we take the time to analyze what has emerged,” says Tørrissen to VG Nett.
According to the district court terminated the observation in the morning Wednesday – one week before the deadline expired….
Original article: Avslutter Breivik-observasjon onsdag
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Related post: Psychiatric observation of Breivik in Ila Prison commences
Infiltration of the Norwegian Defence League
(For a timeline of the events reported in this post, see bottom of post.)
On Sunday, the Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet, reported claims that the Norwegian Defence League (NDL) was infiltrated for an extended period of time by members of the leftist organization, SOS Racism (SOS Rasisme).
The NDL became widely known to the Norwegian public after Janne Kristiansen, former head of the Police Security Service (PST), warned about the establishment of the group at the annual PST press conference on February 28, 2011. The day before the press conference, police sources had told VG that operative units of the police had, for a couple of weeks, been focusing on a new threat, and that it could be just a matter of time before the situation exploded.
The current leader of the NDL, Ronny Alte, has told Nettavisen that Breivik had some online contact with the NDL in February 2011, before the PST press conference, using the moniker “Sigurd Jorsalfar,” the name of the twelfth-century crusader, King Sigurd I of Norway. The left-wing magazine, Searchlight, has reported that around the same time Breivik also posted on a forum operated by the English Defence League (EDL) using the same moniker. According to Searchlight, on March 9, 2011, Breivik wrote the following:
“Do some of you know the truth about what happened to the ndl [Norwegian Defence League], there was some claims that neo-nazis had hijacked the organisation, but on the ndl site i cant really say i noticed anything like that. So my guess is that there were some kind of police pressure to stop the movement. Anyone here heard anything?”
A new version of NDL
On February 26, 2011, two days before the abovementioned PST press conference, a new NDL website was set up and the organization changed name to the Norwegian Defence Alliance (Norsk Forsvars Allianse). The Norwegian Defence League had announced plans for a demonstration in front of the Oslo Cathedral (Domkirke) on February 26, 2011, but these plans appear to have been interrupted and the demonstration never took place. Klassekampen reported on February 19, 2011, that the leftist Anti-Racist Center (Antirasistisk Senter) and several other organizations had planned a counter demonstration. In the same Klassekampen article, Remi Huseby, the then leader of the NDL, stated that after being interviewed by the Norwegian press for the first time (TV2 filming in Luton, published February 5, 2011), he had received several death threats and had, therefore, purchased a bulletproof vest.
On March 1, 2011, the day after the PST press conference, Remi Huseby announced his withdrawal as leader of the NDL. Håvar Krane took over the leadership. On March 13, 2011, VG wrote that the original (WordPress) website of the NDL was closed down after the PST press conference on February 28th, however the first post on the new (Blogspot) website is cleary dated February 26th.
The EDL appears to have accepted Håvar Krane as an interim leader:
“For the time being and up untill the planned election of new leadership on the 9th of April, Haavar Krane will function as the officially recognised spokesman and leader of the Norwegian Defence League endorsed by the EDL.
We wish Haavar Krane all the best in the work ahead, in building up a genuine Nowegian Defence League.
The following has been agreed with Haavar
1) He will do this until a new leader is elected.
2) That NDL get approval from EDL to continue on this, EDL has now approved this
3) He chooses for the time being his/NDLs own security and liason division
4) When all the new leaders are elected he is out and into the background…”
Three weeks later on March 19, 2011, Lena Andreassen replaced him as leader of NDL.
On April 9, 2011, one month after the February 28th PST press conference, and while reportedly heavily infiltrated by members of SOS Racism, the new version of the Norwegian Defence League held a demonstration in Oslo that was a complete failure. According to the recent Dagbladet article, infiltrators from SOS Racism were directly involved with the planning of this unsuccesssful (NDL) demonstration to which only a handful of NDL supporters turned up.
The Norwegian press has a strong left-wing bias and so does not typically give much press coverage to right-wing organizations and events. For example, not a single Norwegian newspaper has written about the upcoming gathering of European Defence Leagues in Aarhus, Denmark, on March 31, 2012. The staged NDL demonstration on April 9th, however, received massive coverage by all Norwegian television stations and newspapers. It is possible that some in the media may have known beforehand that the demonstration was going to be a failure, and may have been collaborating with those working to sabotage the NDL.
The entire press also gave extensive coverage to the large counter demonstration attended by various leftist groups including the Anti-Racist Center, the Oslo Labor Youth Organization (AUF), Blitz, Oslo Socialist Youth (Oslo SU), The Red Pary (Rødt), Red Youth (Rød ungdom), UFFA (anarchist group), Motmakt (anti-capitalistic organization), Young Communists (UngKom) and SOS Racism. It is unclear who orchestrated the counter demonstration, but a Facebook group and blog appear to have been created for the purpose.
On April 9th, Dagbladet wrote that Lena Andreassen attended the demonstraton virtually alone and said: “Darn, there are more journalists here than us.” Dagbladet estimated that between 700 and 1000 people attended the counter demonstration, and printed a photo showing a large crowd of leftists. In this week’s article however, Dagbladet only mentions that 30 SOS Racism members held a counter demonstration against the NDL, painting a very different picture of what happened that day.
After the failed demonstration on April 9th, the English Defence League withdrew support from the NDL, and the leaders of the organization, including Lena Andreassen and Håvar Krane, had to quit.
Darren Lee from the EDL had come to Oslo to see what was going on and had a meeting with several Norwegians after the demonstration. “We were informed that a change of leadership was desired and our leader said that we will support them [the new leadership] with everything necessary going foreward,” Lee told Dagbladet. “We seem to have supported the wrong leadership previously,” Lee also said to the newspaper.
In a message on Facebook, Tommy Robinson, head of the English Defence League, wrote the following:
“This is a message from Tommy Robinson of the English Defence League. After careful consideration and a lengthy investigation by our support group we have decided that we have no alternative but to declare a show of no-confidence in the current leadership and administration of the Norwegian Defence League.
We will no longer affiliate with, or support this version of the NDL….”
Left-wing and possible police infiltration
In this week’s article, Dagbladet, relying only on anonymous sources, claims that members of SOS Racism had infiltrated the Norwegian Defence League and secured leadership positions in the organization. The newspaper does not discuss whether these people acted as informants for the PST.
According to Dagbladet, the infiltrators used false identities and profiles on social media to get into leadership circles of the small organization. “It is tough for the psyche to work like this. One is sitting up to the neck in racism and sewer. I have really developed sympathy for police staff who work over time to reveal for example child porn,” one of the anonymous sources who followed the work being done to steer the NDL said to Dagbladet. A former board member of the NDL to which Dagbladet has spoken said that SOS Racism infiltrators made up the majority of NDL leadership at the time of the failed April 9th demonstration.
Remi Huseby, the first leader of the NDL inteviewed by the Norwegian press, is from a small coastal city called Haugesund. Haugesund is where SOS Racism has its main office and the PST also has an office in the city. In the first ever news coverage of the NDL which was published by TV2 on February 5, 2011, three weeks before the PST press conference, TV2 reporters travelled to Luton in England to film Norwegian NDL members partaking in an English Defence League demonstration. According to TV2, several other Norwegians that had planned to travel to Luton for the event cancelled their plans.
Håvar Krane, who became leader of the NDL shortly after the February 28th PST press conference, is known to have made provocative statements a week earlier, at the meeting of another right-wing organisation, SIAN (Stopp Islamisering Av Norge – Stop the Islamization of Norway), on February 21, 2011. In a voice recording published by TV2, Krane can be heard saying that he would have liked to shoot one of the members of the government in the back of the head with a Glock pistol, and he presents a scenario for attacking the Labor coalition government: “I envision the Chistmas party of the government, perfect moment to block all exits with Molotov cocktails, except the door I shall enter.”
According to this week’s article in Dagbladet, Lena Andreassen, who began “weeding out” unwanted persons from the NDL after the PST press conference, and who took over as leader after Krane, had no idea about the infiltration of the NDL by SOS Racism members. However, on March 13, 2011, two weeks after the PST press conference, Lena Andreassen told VG that, for several weeks, she had worked around the clock to get rid of undesirable people from the NDL. Andreassen also said that she had collaborated with the Oslo Police about this and that she had close contact with the PST. In the interview, she also explained that she had previously had a partner who was helped by the PST to get out of a right-wing group called Boot Boys.
After the 7/22 attacks, in the end of September 2011, Lena Andreassen was reportedly kidnapped for a month by former members of the English Defence League (EDL). She has said that she is afraid of what will happen if what she has told the police becomes publically known. The Norwegian press reportedly has copies of her statements to the police, but this information has not been published.
AUF fraud scheme and Serve the People (Tjen Folket)
In 2011, leaders of SOS Racism were found guilty of massive fraud and the organization had most of its funds confiscated. It has been revealed that, throughout the last decade, the organization had been using the identical fraud scheme that was utilized by the Oslo branch of the Labor Youth Organisation (AUF) during the 1990s to steal taxpayers’ money. In both cases, false memberships were created and paid for in order to increase subsidies. The national leader of the AUF at the time was Trond Giske (Labor), now Minister of Business.
It has also been revealed that SOS Racism, during the period in which the fraud took place, was steered by a shadow leadership group from a secretive communist organization called Serve the People (Tjen Folket) that had infiltrated and hijacked the anti-racist organization. According to the National Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret), Serve the People was established on May 1, 1998, a few days after Oslo AUF leaders were found guilty by the Oslo District Court (Tingrett) of serious fraud on April 21, 1998.
The SOS fraud resulted in official membership numbers skyrocketing from around 5000 in 1999 to more than 40,000 in 2006, releasing millions of Norwegian crowns (kroner) in subsidies for anti-racism and pro-immigration activism which would have provided support for the immigration policies of the Labor Party.
It is possible that the infiltrators of NDL, in addition to being members of SOS Racism, were members of Serve the People (Tjen Folket). Some individuals facing prosecution and prison sentences for their involvement in the SOS fraud case may have been motivated to work as police informants.
Breivik kept a low profile
The PST developed a sudden interest in the NDL in February 2011. It appears that the first version of the Norwegian Defence League (NDL) was closed down a few days before the February 28th PST press conference and, if what Dagbladet writes this week is correct, was replaced by one led by left-wing infiltrators positive to the immigration policies of the Labor Party.
In Europe, state infiltration of right-wing organizations is not uncommon. Der Spiegel has reported that in Germany, the domestic intelligence agency (Office for the Protection of the Constitution) has more than 130 informants inside the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), many in leadership positions.
The PST may have had credible intelligence information that made it an urgent matter to infiltrate the political right in Norway in the spring of 2011. Statements by police sources to VG on February 27, 2011, indicate this could have been the case. It is conceivable that what led to the sudden concern was the reported phone threat to the Justice Department, and that this call took place in January or February and not in March as has been supposed.
If the Norwegian Defence League was created by or hijacked by the political left, it would seem that this either happened in collaboration with the Police Security Service (PST) or, alternatively, was outside the control of the PST and, therefore, might have interfered with police investigations.
Perhaps the NDL was initially established as a police effort to infiltrate Norwegian EDL sympathisers, but that the PST lost control over the situation when someone else, maybe politicians or journalists, not fully realizing the seriousness of the operation, got word about it and thought the situation provided a good opportunity for staging a media campaign against people opposing the Labor Party’s immigration policies.
As mentioned above, the Norwegian press has a strong left-wing bias and more than 70% of journalists vote for either the Labor Party or the Socialist Left Party. The chief editor of the once conservative newspaper, Aftenposten, Hilde Haugsgjerd, was once the leader of the Red Electoral Alliance, a far-left political party promoting revolutionary ideas and Marxism. It is, therefore, quite conceivable that some in the Norwegian media may have been involved in some sort of political propaganda campaign intended to delegitimize right-wingers.
The fact that the leader of the PST at the time, Janne Kristiansen, was hand-picked for the job by a Labor Party minister, and her appointment was widely regarded as political, could lead one to speculate as to whether the Labor Party was the architect behind the the fake version of NDL and the accompanying massive media coverage. Currently, however, there is no evidence to support such speculation.
During police questioning, Breivik has explained that if he had been a member of the Norwegian Defence League, the PST would have detected him before he could carry out the attacks. In the compendium that he published, 2083 – A European Declaration of Independence, Breivik discussed the importance of keeping a low profile to avoid being “flagged” by the secret police.
PST evaluation report
In a detailed evaluation report published on Friday, the PST concludes that it was not possible for the police to detect Breivik:
“Based on what we have seen through the evaluation work, Anders Behring Breivik’s activities on the internet appear in such a way that it does not stand out in relation to the activities of other participants on these pages. There is a large number of participants that voice more provoking or more extreme viewpoints than what Breivik did. This evaluation is supported by those statements that have been referred to from different research environments about this. In addition, Anders Behring Breivik had in the planning phase been thoroughly very security conscious and been careful not to write anything that would attract negative attention….”
Presenting the report at a press conference, Roger Berg, interim head of PST, said that Breivik had planned the attacks for years and been utmost security conscious. “If the PST should have detected Breivik and thereby have prevented the terror operation, we would have needed a specific tip. We did not get that…”, Berg said according to VG.
Berg also said that the 7/22 attacks require the PST to think anew, but that the PST does not believe increased surveillance is the way to go forward, stressing instead the importance of society as a whole in preventing escalation of violence.
The PST’s views are good news for Norway and civil liberties. While it is important to prevent violence, in a free democratic society citizens must have the right to be active in politics without state interference.
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Timeline of events – Spring 2011
Feb 05 – NDL leader Remi Huseby interviewed by TV2 in Luton at EDL demonstration
Feb 19 – Klassekampen reports about planned NDL demonstration and counter-demonstration
Feb 21 – Håvar Krane makes provocative statements at SIAN meeting
Feb 26 – Cancelled NDL demonstration in front of Oslo Cathedral
Feb 26 – New NDL website established, NDL renamed “Norsk Forsvars Allianse”
Feb 27 – Police sources tell VG that the police are concerned about a new threat
Feb 28 – PST annual press conference – focus on NDL
Mar 01 – Remi Huseby steps down as leader of NDL
Mar 01 – Håvar Krane becomes interim leader of NDL
Mar 09 – Breivik asks on EDL forum if anybody knows if the police were trying to stop the NDL movement
Mar 13 – Lena Andreassen tells VG that she collaborates with Oslo Police and has close contact with PST
Mar 19 – Lena Andreassen becomes new NDL leader
Apr 09 – Failed NDL demonstration at Akershus Fortress, large counter-demonstration
Apr 13 – EDL withdraws support from NDL
Apr 13 – Lena Andreassen, Håvar Krane and other leaders leave NDL
Jul 22 – Anders Behring Breivik carries out attacks
Sep 29 – Lena Andreassen kidnapped for a month by former EDL members
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Google translation [edited for clarity]:
“Anti-rasists in right-wing organization”
03/11/12
“Several people with ties to SOS Racism built up the right-wing Norwegian Defence League, says former board member….
Last 9 April, on the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Norway, demonstrated the Islam hostile and extreme-right group, Norwegian Defence league (NDL), against the “Islamic occupation” in Oslo. NDL had then about a thousand people with strong anti-Islamic attitudes and a number of well-known right-wingers as members.
Activists from the violent and extremist sister organization, the English Defence League (EDL) in the UK, to Norway to participate.
Led by anti-racists
Dagbladet can now reveal that the demonstration was organized by several anti-racists. According to several independent sources, the NDL’s management as well as other positions in the organization was infiltrated by people with close ties to SOS Racism.
“When we decided to organize the demonstration, had people who worked with SOS Racism a clear majority in the management of the NDL,” says a former member of the NDL-management to Dagbladet.
The person says that he worked to infiltrate the leadership of NDL for several years under a false name. In practice, built and operated the NDL, as they reported to SOS Racism, according to several sources.
“SOS Racism had full control of the NDL. In 2010 and until the Spring of 2011 we were working in collaboration with SOS Racism, a clear majority of the board and management of the NDL,” said the person.
In the interests of the involved persons’ safety, Dagbladet chose not to disclose their names.
Confirmed
The information confirmed by several independent sources, including people who followed the cooperation within the SOS Racism.
“It included the SOS Racism which suggested that the NDL’s demonstration of April 9th would be at Kontraskjæret at Akershus Fortress. There it was easy to make a counter-demonstrations against them.”
Only a handful of NDL sympathizers showed up. The demonstration was branded as a failure and management of the organization were replaced.
SOS Racism fielded several dozen counter-demonstrators and received much attention.
Several of those present knew of efforts to control the NDL by infiltrators, according to the Dagbladet know. Dagbladet has asked SOS Racism for an opinion on this matter. The organization confirmed that they read Dagbladet’s request, but gave no answer.
A key representative of SOS Racism, who has been pointed out by several sources as a director of NDL in 2010 and 2011, denied knowledge of the infiltration.
“What you ask about has no basis in reality,” he answers questions from Dagbladet.
False identities
Infiltrators used the fake profiles and identities on websites to get into the NDL-management. How wondered the initiators of the NDL to give them key positions, according to sources. NDL-management often met through video conferencing on the Internet, but rarely face to face.
“It’s tough for the psyche to work like that. Sitting up to their necks in racism and sewers. I’ve really got sympathy for police officers working over time to reveal, for example, child pornography,” says a source who followed the work to manage the NDL closely.
NDLs leader at this time was Lena Andreassen. She must have been unaware that she was surrounded by infiltrators. Andreassen do not want to comment on the matter.
“Would have enemy”
During the period when the NDL should have had a board majority consisting of anti-racists, the group went from being an unknown Facebook group to become nationally known.
The then leader PST Janne Kristiansen NDL mentioned as a possible threat, at a press conference in February 2011. Both PST and Oslo Police have spent considerable resources on the NDL.
“SOS Racism would have an enemy and an adversary in the debate on immigration,” says a source involved in the work.
New management
Today, the NDL under new management.
“We have become aware that last year was more infiltrators in the NDL,” said spokesman Ron Alte to Dagbladet….
Original article: “Antirasister bygde høyreekstrem organisasjon”
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Oslo District Court denies broadcast of Breivik’s testimony to the public
The Oslo District Court (Tingrett) announced on Friday that the press should not be allowed to film Anders Behring Breivik’s testimony in court, reports Aftenposten.
Aftenposten writes that the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) will record the entire trial and broadcast it live from the Oslo District Court to several regional district courts. The court, however, has decided that only the opening and closing remarks of the prosecutors and defence lawyers, as well as the reading of the verdict by the judge, shall be broadcast to the general public.
Verdens Gang (VG) writes that the Oslo District Court has postponed making a decision on whether testimonies of expert witnesses or police investigators should be allowed to be broadcast to the public.
“A testimony in front of open camera could contribute to shift focus from the actions he is accused of towards his ideological and political message,” Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen wrote in the decision, reports NRK. The statement is surprising as citizens have the right to defend themselves in court against charges brought against them by the state by explaining the reasons for their actions.
Breivik has previously told the court that he is a cell commander of an organization called the Knights Templar, and that he represents the Norwegian resistance movement. In police questioning, Breivik has explained that he belives the attacks were gruesome but necessary, and that the widespread censorship in Norwegian society of ideas critical of multiculturalism makes armed struggle necessary.
Leader of the Norwegian Editors Association (Norsk Redaktørforening), Nils Øy, said in an interview with Agderposten that the court announces its own failure when it uses as its main argument that it does not wish Breivik to have an opportunity to speak about his ideology. It is the task of the judges to make sure that Breivik stays on topic in court, and to interrupt him if he attempts anything else, Øy explained to the newspaper. “Here we stand ahead of the trial of the possibly worst crimnal act in historic times in Norway,” he says.
In their application for broadcasting from the trial, the Norwegian Editors Association and the Norwegian Press Association emphasized that the broadcasting of the court would provide an important opportunity for the public to check the conduct of the court. However, as the recent publication of the indictment and reporting from the last court proceeding show, the Norwegian press frequently censors or omits factual details. Despite a large number of journalists being present at the February court hearing, only two publications appear to have published the brief statement Breivik made in its entirety. Because of incidences such as these, many informed readers in Norway have a deep distrust of the media, and are not confident that media reporting from the trial will be accurate. It is against this background that the importance placed by the Norwegian Editors Association and the Norwegian Press Association on a live broadcast must be understood. A live broadcast would help reduce speculation by the general public as to whether the trial was fair.
Usually regular citizens have the opportunity to attend trials so that they can see for themselves whether the judge follows the law. Apparently, however, this will not be the case in the trial against Breivik. A large number of seats in the courtroom have been reserved for news organisations, whose lack of thoroughness in reporting is ironically reflected by the fact that the list of news organizations that have requested accreditation has not been published anywhere else than on this blog. In addition, the Oslo District Court has announced that it will give preferential treatment to victims of the attacks and their relatives when deciding who shall be given access to the limited number of seats available to the public in the court room. According to newspaper reports, it seems that, in reality, this policy will make it impossible for members of the general public to follow the trial.
Thus it appears that the court places little emphasis on the importance of maintaining the tradition common in democracies in which regular citizens can follow trials in order to control whether the judges in question follow the law, and to check if the press accurately reports what is being said during the trial.
Breivik’s appearance in court is expected to be important for the court in deciding whether Breivik is legally accountable or not. Denying the broadcast of Breivik’s testimony will, therefore, make it very difficult for the general public to evalute whether the judgement of the court in this matter seemed reasonable, and to what extent the Oslo District Court had upheld justice in this case.
The decision to allow the broadcast of several participants in a trial, but not the person accused, also indicates that the court is not concerned about being perceived as partial. This is noteworthy, as both the Justice Department and Supreme Court were victims of the bomb attack in Oslo, and Breivik has stated in court that he does not recognize the Oslo District Court as legitimate because he believes the court receives its authority from the Labor Party.
Google translation:
The press cannot film Behring Breivik explanation
09.mar.2012
But the press will film portions of the trial, including the reading of the indictment.
The Oslo District Court said in a statement Friday afternoon.
The court on application from the Association of Norwegian Editors and the Norwegian Press Association issued the press permission to broadcast the opening of main proceedings in which the indictment read out, and introductions from the prosecutor and defense counsel in the case.
In addition, the press allowed to film during the closing procedures in the July 22-trial.
Under the procedures summarizes the prosecutor and defense counsel that has emerged during the presentation of evidence and draw conclusions about guilt, questions about mental incapacity and a penalty. Also verdict will be open for filming.
The media will not broadcast the parts of the trial in which Behring Anders Breivik explains itself. The same applies when the victim from Utøya and government quarter explanatory.
This is in line with what the practice has been in previous trials….
Original article: Pressen får ikke filme Behring Breiviks forklaring
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Google translation:
Breivik’s explanation could not be filmed
09/03/12
Oslo City Court does not allow media to film Behring Anders Breivik’s testimony in the trial against him starting in April.
The district court decided on Friday the scope of what can be transferred directly from the terror case. Permission is granted to the opening of the trial and the parties’ opening speeches broadcast. Also the final procedures will be transferred.
Neither Breivik’s own testimony or the victim’s testimony, however, can be transferred directly. When the Oslo District Court has received evidence of the prosecution task, it will be decided whether the explanation from the professionals, like police investigators, or others may be transferred….
Original article: Breiviks forklaring kan ikke filmes
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Google translation:
Cannot film Breivik in court
03/09/12
The court feared in part that openly would affect Breivik to talk more about politics than about the acts he has committed….
Because of very great public interest, has a total Norwegian press corps asked Oslo District Court if you send the greater part of the July 22 trial, than is normal in major criminal cases.
Also defending Geir Lippestad have requested the most transparency on behalf of his client.
The terrorist suspect 33-year-old has even asked for minimal restrictions on filming during the trial because he wants to reach out to as many people as possible.
In her statement writes Judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen, among other things:
“The court believes there is a real danger that the defendant’s testimony would be affected if the broadcast, directly or edited broadcasts. One explanation for the open camera will be able to contribute to turning the focus away from the actions he is accused of, and against his ideological and political message….”
General secretary, Nils E. Øy, in the Norwegian Editors’ Association is disappointed with the decision of the court, and alerts rematch. Friday it was investigated whether the decision from the Oslo District Court could be appealed to the Court of Appeal.
It was unclear whether there was such a possibility, but likely to appeal court to make a decision on this issue within a few days, said.
Original article: Får ikke filme Breivik i retten
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Google translation:
Rematch on televised Breivik
09/03/2012
The judges in the case of terrorism fears that Anders Breivik Behring will testify differently in court if what he says will be broadcast in the media….
Chairman Nils Øy in the Norwegian Editors’ Association is disappointed with the decision of the court. The main argument of the judges for denying the transfer is that they will not give Breivik a soapbox for his ideology, experience Øy as an admission of failure from the judges. He says it is their job to keep Breivik to issue and cancel his explanation if he tries to talk about something else.
“Here we are facing the trials for perhaps the worst crime in historical time in Norway, said Øy to emphasize the importance of the case….”
Original article: Omkamp om TV-overført Breivik
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Related article: Breivik demands to be tried by military court (Breivik krever å bli stilt for militærdomstol)
Related post: AUF and prosecutors do not wish broadcast of Breivik’s testimony
Incomplete Breivik indictment presented to the public
State’s Attorneys, Inga Bejer Engh and Svein Holden, presented the indictment of Anders Behring Breivik at a press conference in Oslo on Wednesday. Initially, the State’s Attorneys had decided to censor the document, a very unusual decision. They said they wished to keep confidential the names of the victims and details about what happened on Utøya. According to Aftenposten, after the newspaper wrote about it, the State’s Attorneys changed their view.
The Norwegian press, however, have apparently decided to censor the indictment themselves.
According to Norwegian law, prosecutors can withold indictments from the press or prohibit some of their contents from being published if the contents would pose a threat to national security, but this does not appear to be the case in this instance. According to AttackOnTheLaborParty’s sources, Norwegian journalists have been given complete copies of the indictment.
It appears that all Norwegian newspapers have removed detailed descriptions of injuries and the causes of death for those listed as killed in the indictment, and have censored the names of those individuals who were injured by the explosion or the shooting at Utøya. The degree of censoring is not uniform and it is possible to parse information from several news sources. However, since none of the newspapers have published the indictment in its entirety, some uncertainty remains as to what the original eighteen page indictment looks like.
From what has been reported by the Norwegian media, the following can be established: Breivik is charged with having comitted an act of terrorism and premeditated murder, with the intent of causing serious disruption to the functioning of the executive branch of the government. The prosecutors request that Breivik be sentenced to psychiatric care but they do say, however, that if evidence is brought forward during the trial which suggests that he is legally accountable for his actions, they may request a prison sentence.
The indictment is reportedly divided in two sections: one related to the bombing outside the Prime Minister’s office, and one for the attack on Utøya. On Utøya, all but two of the victims, who died from drowning or falling, died from being shot. The majority of the victims were shot in the head, and it appears that most victims were shot more than once.
Some individuals were shot very many times, but because of the withholding of information, the indentities of these victims remain uncertain. The Norwegian media has previously reported that several participants at the Utøya summer camp were relatives of well known Labor politicians.
Over 200 individuals who received smaller injuries from the explosion in front of the Prime Minister’s office and several governmental departments, including the Department of Justice, have been omitted from the indictment. Also, people who were directly shot at by Breivik on Utøya, but not hit, have been left out of the indictment.
It is unusual for the State’s Attorneys not to prosecute for all crimes committed when evidence is readily available, and the judgement of the State’s Attorneys in this matter has been criticized. Some victims from Utøya have stated that they feel overlooked by the court system. The State’s Attorneys have justified their decision by saying that prosecuting in a regular fashion would have required a very thorough court case in which evidence had to be presented as to whether Breivik intended to harm each person in question.
A more thorough court case could possibly have revealed more information about which governmental departments suffered the most staff injuries, and whether any politicians were injured in the Oslo explosion. Similarly, it could have made the full course of events at Utøya better known.
Google translation:
Attorney censor names and details of the terror charges
01.mar.2012
The district attorney has decided to scramble all the names of those killed and those who were tried were killed, both in its ministries and Utøya in the indictment against Anders Behring Breivik….
Original article: Statsadvokaten sladder navn og detaljer i terrortiltalen
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Google translation:
Turns – disclose all charges
02.mar.2012
Yesterday, prosecutors decided that the names and details of the terror charges against Anders Behring Breivik would censor. Today they turned completely….
Original article: Snur – offentliggjør hele tiltalen
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Google translation:
Here is the indictment against Anders Breivik Behring
07/03/12
VG publish here all the indictment against Anders Breivik Behring. We have omitted the names of the injured from the ministries and Utøya, and also excluded damage to the descriptions in the indictment:
Hereby sets Anders Breivik Behring, b 2/13/1979 currently in custody pursuant to Penal Code § 39 indicted by the Oslo District Court for the acquisition of a judgment on the transfer to compulsory mental health care, see Mental Health Act, Chapter 5, in a psychotic state to have made an otherwise criminal act, namely the violation of:
I
In Penal Code § 147a, first paragraph, a and b, see § § 148 first paragraph, first sentence option and 233 subsections of having committed a terrorist act, by violating Penal Code § 148 first paragraph, first sentence alternative (to cause cracking whereby loss of life or widespread destruction of foreign property can be easily caused) and Penal Code § 233 subsections (premeditated murder and there are particularly aggravating circumstances), with the intent to interfere seriously a function of fundamental importance in society, as the executive authority, or cause serious fear in a population.
Basis:
Friday 22 July 2011 approx. at. 15.17 Grubbegaten in Oslo, after prior consideration and planning, he parked a VW Crafter van with registration number 99834 BR outside the entrance to the high-rise ministries, the offices including the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice.
Together, stayed there at least 250 people in high-rise building and the surrounding ministerial offices, and approx. 75 people in the streets in the immediate vicinity. In the car he had placed a bomb made of approx. 950 kg, consisting among others of fertilizer, diesel and aluminum.
He ignited a fuse with approx. seven minutes burn time, and then left the site on foot and on a previously deployed getaway car, a Fiat Duplo with registration VH 24605.
The bomb exploded at. 15.25.22 with tremendous firepower and shock wave in line with his intentions, and brought a large number of people who lived in the buildings of the Government buildings or on street level, in immediate danger, and caused massive property damage of the same buildings and surrounding buildings.
The explosion killed him following eight persons, all of which were caused extensive blast damage, thus:
The explosion killed him following eight persons, all of which were caused extensive blast damage, thus:
1. Jon Vegard Lervåg (32)
He found himself at the entrance to the high-rise.
2. Ida Marie Hill (34)
She was located at the entrance to the high-rise building and near the van.
3. Hanne Ekroll Løvlie (30)
She was off the entrance to the high-rise.
4. Annelise Holter (51)
She was in the reception area on the first floor of the high-rise.
5. Hanne Marie Orvik Endresen (61)
She was in the lobby on the first floor of the high-rise.
6. Kjersti Berg Sand (26)
She was in the reception area on the first floor of the high-rise.
7. Kai Hauge (32)
He was in Grubbegaten high-rise building at the entrance to the main entrance.
8. Tove Knutsen Åshill (56)
She was located near the fountain of Einar Gerhardsen place.
At the explosion, he tried also to kill a large number of people, including the others who were in high-rise building and the street level around it. He failed in his enterprise, but nine people were seriously injured physically, thus:
9. Male (61)
He was near the fountain of Einar Gerhardsen place.
10. Female (47)
She was located near the fountain of Einar Gerhardsen place.
11. Male (25)
He was in Grubbegaten by Einar Gerhardsen place.
12. Male (67)
He was on the fifth floor of the tower block, in an office at Grubbegaten.
13. Female (23)
She was in the lobby on the first floor of the high-rise.
14. Female (61)
She was in the seventh floor of the tower block.
15. Female (50)
She was in the eleventh floor of the high-rise.
16. Male (30)
He was the second floor of R4, in an office at Grubbegaten.
17. Male (55)
He was on Johan Nygaardsvold space between high-rise building and Akersgata.
Furthermore, at least another 200 people injured by the explosion, with varying damage assessment, including lacerations, fractures and hearing loss, a number of which were treated in hospital / emergency room or subjected to other medical treatment.
In addition, many of the above and other injured persons who were near the explosion, as well as survivors / relatives, had psychological after-effects of varying severity caused by what is described above.
Bomb explosion led to a number of government offices, including the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Justice and Police, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Health and Care Services, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education could not be used, and the ministries were not able to attend and perform its duties as the executive authority until it was gone for some time.
The explosion and its effects also created serious fear in parts of the population.
II
Penal Code § 147a, first paragraph b, see § 233, first and second paragraphs of having committed a terrorist act, by violating Penal Code § 233 subsections (premeditated murder and there are particularly aggravating circumstances), with the intent to cause serious fear in a population.
Basis:
Friday 22 July 2011, after having dealt with as described in item I, he drove the getaway car for Hole municipality, where he knew that the organization Labour Youth (AUF) held its traditional summer camp at Utøya. There, there were 564 people. By pretending to be a police officer and wearing a uniform-like outfit, he was – among other things, brought a semiautomatic rifle, branded Ruger Mini 14 cal. 233 and a semiautomatic pistol branded Glock 9 mm – transported to Utøya on board the ferry M / S Thorbjorn, where he arrived about. at. 17.15.
Until he was arrested the same day approx. at. 18.35, he shot, after prior consideration and planning, with a rifle and / or gun at a number of people who found themselves on the island, in the water or aboard ships, including civilians who came to the rescue, and exposed them for instant death.
There was panic and fear of death in children, adolescents and adults during the shooting, reinforced by the fact that there were limited opportunities to flee or hide. While he was moving around all over the island he shot at people fleeing and / or hiding and / or which he brought out with information that the police had arrived.
He killed 69 people, of which 67 were struck by the fatal shot, fired with the described weapon. Two people died of injuries from falling and / or drowning while trying to get away without being hit by shots. The people were killed, thus:
1. Trond Berntsen (51)
He was the Information House and the pier.
2. Monica Elizabeth Bosei (45)
She was located between the Information House and the pier.
3. Rune Havdal (43)
He found himself between the information the House and Café building.
4. Hanne Anette Fjalestad Balch (43)
She was located outside the main entrance to the café building.
5. Snorre Haller (30)
He found himself outside the main entrance to the café building.
6. Rolf Christopher Johansen Perreau (25)
He found himself outside the main entrance to the café building.
7. Lejla Selaci (17)
She found herself in front of the Café building.
8. Steinar Jessen (16)
He was located near the outdoor stage at the Café building.
9. Birgitte Smetbak (15)
She was on the campsite at the Café building or inside the building.
10. Gunnar LINAK (23)
He was on the campsite southwest of Café building.
11. Margaret Boyum Clubs (16)
She was in the doorway between the hall and Lille Grand Hall of Café building.
12. Silje Merete Fjellbu (17)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
13. Guro Vartdal Håvoll (18)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
14. Ronja Sweet Johansen (17)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
15. Mona Abdinur, (18)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
16. Sondre Driving (17)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
17. Bendik Rosnæs Ellingsen (18)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
18. Eivind Hovden (15)
He was in the Great Hall of Café building.
19. Bergum Lene Maria (19)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
20. Elisabeth Trønnes Lie (16)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
21. Henrik André Pedersen (27)
He was in the Great Hall of Café building.
22. Ida Beathe Rogne (17)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
23. Aleksander Aas Eriksen (16)
He was in the corridor in the Little Hall of the Café building.
24. Eva Kathinka Lütken (17)
She was on the Love Trail.
25. Tore Eikeland (21)
He was on the Love Trail.
26. Tarald Kuven Mjelde (18)
He was on the Love Trail.
27. Norwegian Life and Mary Johannesen (17)
She was on the Love Trail.
28. Monica Iselin Didriksen (18)
She was on the Love Trail.
29. Asta Sofie Dahl Helland (16)
She was on the Love Trail.
30. Anders Kristiansen (18)
He was on the Love Trail.
31. Bano Abobakar Rashid (18)
She was on the Love Trail.
32. Andreas Edvardsen (18)
He was on the Love Trail.
33. Silje Hagen Stamnes (18)
She was on the Love Trail.
34. Sondre Furseth Dale (17)
He was in the water between the slope below the trail and Love Naked ruins.
35. Simon Sæbø (18)
He was in the area at the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
36. Modupe Ellen Awoyemi (15)
She was in the top of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
37. Sharidyn Meegan Ngahiwi Svebakk-Bohn (14)
She was in the area at the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
38. Marianne Sandvik (16)
She was in the area at the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
39. Gizem Dogan (17)
She was in the woods east of School House.
40. John MUO (15)
He was in the woods east of School House.
41. Even Flugstad Malmedal (18)
He was in the water at the Proud Mountain.
42. Syvert Knudsen (17)
He found himself at Pride Mountain.
43. Synne Røyneland (18)
She was at the Pride Mountain, probably in the water / water edge.
44. Torjus Jakobsen Blatt Mann (17)
He was the Bolshevik.
45. Ingrid Berg Heggelund (18)
She was located by the Bolshevik.
46. Isabel Victoria Sogn Green (17)
She was located by the Bolshevik.
47. Guys Mustafa Qasim (19)
He was the Bolshevik.
48. Carina Borgund (18)
She was located by the Bolshevik.
49. Tina Sukuvara (18)
She was in the area at the Pump House.
50. Ruth Benedichte Vatndal Nilsen (15)
She was in the area at the Pump House.
51. Henrik Rasmussen (18)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
52. Espen Jørgensen (17)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
53. Porntip Ardam (21)
She was at the Pump House.
54. Thomas Margido Antonsen (16)
He found himself at the Pump House.
55. Ismail Haji Ahmed (19)
He found himself at the Pump House.
56. Fredrik Lund Schjetne (18)
He found himself at the Pump House.
57. Hanne Kristine Fridtun (19)
She was at the Pump House.
58. Emil Okkenhaug (15)
He found himself at the Pump House.
59. Havard-lived house (21)
He found himself at the Pump House.
60. Victoria Stenberg (17)
She was at the Pump House.
61. Sverre Fleet Bjørkavåg (28)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
62. Diderik Aamodt Olsen (19)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
63. Tame Liparteliani (23)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
64. Kevin Berland Daae (15)
He was on the water’s edge on Sydspissen.
65. Karin Elena Holst (15)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
66. Rafal Mohamad Jamil Jamil (20)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
67. Andrine hills Espeland (16)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
68. Earl Odegaard (17)
He fled the island by a swim, but died of drowning out Sydspissen.
69. Andrew Dalby Grønnesby (17)
He fled and fell off a cliff at the western tip of the island and into the water.
In addition to the above murder, he tried to kill a lot of people, but without success in his enterprise. During murder trials he shot and injured 33 people, thus:
70. Female (20)
She was on the tent.
71. Male (19)
He was on the tent.
72. Female (19)
She was on the tent.
73. Girl (16)
She was on the tent.
74. Girl (15)
She was on the tent.
75. Girl (16)
She was on the tent.
76. Girl (15)
She was on the tent.
77. Female (21)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
78. Girl (16)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
79. Boy (17)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
80. Male (19)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
81. Female (21)
She was in the doorway between the hall and the corridor Lille in the Café building.
82. Male (19)
He was first in the Great Hall of Café building.
83. Female (19)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
84. Girl (17)
She was on the Love Trail.
85. Girl (17)
She was on a rock ledge on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
86. Boy (17)
He was in the water below Kjærlighetsstien.
87. Female (19)
She was located between the waterfront and the Love Trail.
88. Boy (17)
He was in the water under the Love Trail.
89. Girl (17)
She was located on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
90. Girl (14)
She was located on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
91. Girl (17)
She was on a rock ledge on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
92. Male (19)
He found himself on a rock ledge on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
93. Girl (16)
She was at the Pump House.
94. Male (20)
He found himself at the Pump House.
95. Male (20)
He found himself at the Pump House.
96. Boy (16)
He was near the western tip.
97. Boy (15)
He was near the western tip.
98. Male (21)
He was on Sydspissen.
99. Girl (16)
She was on Sydspissen.
100. Girl (17)
She was on Sydspissen.
101. Girl (17)
She was on Sydspissen.
102. Female (18)
She was on Sydspissen.
A number of the other people who stayed on Utøya received physical injuries fractures, cuts, etc.. in their attempts to save himself and others.
In addition, a significant number of people who were on the island, survivors / relatives and people who came to the aid of boats and otherwise, had psychological after-effects of varying severity caused by what is described above.
The actions of Utøya created serious fear in parts of the population.
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The defendant has committed very serious crimes to an extent not previously experienced in our country in modern times.
In his own view is legitimate actions, and an obvious and apparent danger of a new serious crimes of the same nature is undoubtedly present.
Needs of public protection requires judgment on the transfer to compulsory mental health care, and the terms of Penal Code § 39 paragraph 1 is met.
Penal Code § 49 shall apply on appealing lens mail In Section 9-17 and post II, item 70 to 102
It will be closed claim forfeiture of three weapons (a semi-automatic rifle of the mark Ruger Mini 14 cal. 233, a semi-automatic pistol of the mark Glock 9 mm and a shotgun from Benelli brand) and associated ammunition.
Furthermore, it will be closed claim confiscation of objects used in the manufacture of the bomb as provided under the attractive post’s I, and clothing / equipment, etc.. used in the exercise of those in the mail I and II described actions.
Any claim for compensation / damages from the survivors and the victim will be made by counsel, see Criminal Procedure Law § 428 and § the same law 264 b, second paragraph.
How the case is presented in the indictment date there is no basis for claiming extraordinary punishment, Penal Code § 44 first paragraph.
Prosecutors take an express reservation that it is still at trial can be closed claims imprisonment or custody with the time frame of 21 years, based on the overall presentation of evidence in court, the defendant and the defense must prepare for. In that case, the Penal Code § 62 to apply.
The indictment is taken out after attorney general’s orders.
Oslo District Attorney’s Office, 5 March 2012
Svein Holden – Inga Bejer Engh…
Original article: Her er tiltalebeslutningen mot Anders Behring Breivik
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Google translation:
52 of the victims of Utøya died of gunshot to head
07.mar.2012
The deaths of 69 AUF-ers on Utøya in Hole municipality is part two of the comprehensive indictment against Behring Breivik.
For these conditions are Behring Breivik indicted for premeditated murder under particularly aggravating circumstances, with the intent to cause serious fear in a population.
The charges are detailed throughout all the killings that took place on Utøya, and explains the cause of death for the killing. In the indictment it emerges that 56 of the 69 victims were shot in the head, and 52 of these reported gunshot wounds to the head to be the direct cause of death.
67 were killed by the deadly shots, while two people died of injuries from falling and drowning.
564 people were on Utøya that day. He arrived Utøya approx. at 17.15 and had with him a Ruger Mini
14 cal. 233/2 automatic rifle and a Glock 9 mm semiautomatic pistol.
- It has been difficult
Prosecutors Inga duly Engh and Svein Holden thinks they have reached the best solution when it comes to charges against Breivik. See excerpts from the press conference.
“Until he was arrested the same day approx. at. 18.35, he shot, after prior consideration and planning, with a rifle and / or gun at a number of people who found themselves on the island, in the water or aboard ships, including civilians who came to the rescue, and exposed them to the immediate danger. ” , according to the indictment.
Several were killed after Behring Breivik said police had arrived and therefore cover more young people out of the caches.
“There was panic and fear of death in children, adolescents and adults during the shooting, reinforced by the fact that there were limited opportunities to flee or hide. While he was moving around all over the island he shot at people fleeing and / or hiding and / or which he brought out with information that the police had arrived. “
Aftenposten in this context chosen to anonymize the slain police officer except Trond Berntsen and general manager of Utøya, Monica Elizabeth Bosei. The information is based on the charges, and details of work description, injuries and cause of death, we have omitted.
The House Information
The officer Trond Berntsen, born 1960. Were between Information House and the pier when he was shot several times with the gun.
Monica Elizabeth Bosei, born 1966. General manager of Utøya, was located between the Information House and the pier when she was shot several times.
By and at the Café building
Male, born 1967. Was located between the information the House and Café building, was shot five times.
Female, born 1967. Was located outside the main entrance to the café building and was shot three times.
Male, born 1981. Was located outside the main entrance to the café building and was shot three times.
Male, born 1986. Was located outside the main entrance to the café building when he was shot three times.
Girl, born 1994. Found himself in front of the Café building when she was shot twice.
Boy, born 1995. Was located near the outdoor stage at the Café building when he was shot at least twice.
Girl, born 1996. Was on the campsite at the Café building or inside the building when she was shot twice.
Male, born 1988. Was on the campsite southwest of Café building, and was shot twice.
Girl, born 1995. Was in the doorway between Minor Hall and Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Girl, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot six times.
Female, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot at least three times.
Girl, born 1994. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot at least three times.
Girl, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot three times.
Boy, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot five times.
Boy, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot eight times.
Boy, born 1996. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Female, born 1992. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot at least three times.
Girl, born 1995. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Male, born 1984. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Girl, born 1993. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot at least twice.
Boy, born 1994. Were in the corridor within the Little Hall in Café building, and was shot six times.
The Love Trail
Girl, born 1994. Was on Love trail, and was shot twice.
Male, born 1990. Was on Love trail, and was shot once.
Male, born 1993. Was on Love trail, and was shot five times.
Female, born 1994. Was on Love trail, and was shot three times.
Female, born 1993. Was on Love trail, and was shot at least twice.
Female, born 1994. Was on Love trail, and was shot three times.
Male, born 1993. Was on Love trail and was shot twice.
Female, born 1992. Was on Love trail, and was shot twice.
Male, born 1992. Was on Love trail, and was shot three times.
Female, born 1993). Love was on the trail, and was shot twice.
Boy, born 1994. Was in the water between the slope below the trail and Love Naked headland, and was shot four times.
Male, born 1992. Were in the area of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot twice.
Girl, born 1995. Was located in the upper slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot four times.
Girl, born 1997. Were in the area of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot twice.
Girl, born 1995. Were in the area of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot at least once.
By Skolestua
Girl, born 1994. Was in the woods east of School House, and was shot twice.
Boy, born 1995. Was shot three times with the gun.
Proud Mountain
Male, born 1992. Was in the water and was shot once.
Boy, born 1993. Was shot three times.
Female, born 1993. Were probably in the water / water edge, and was shot three times.
Bolshevik
Boy, born 1993. Was shot once with the pistol or rifle.
Female, born 1992. Was shot three times-
Girl, born 1994. Was shot three times.
Male, born 1992. Was shot four times.
Female, born 1993. Was shot three times.
The Pump House
Female, born 1992. Was shot once.
Girl, born 1995. Was shot once with the pistol or rifle.
Male, born 1993. Was shot three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Male, born in 1994. Was shot at least three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Male, born 1990. Was shot three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Boy, born 1995. Shot twice with the gun and / or rifle.
Male, born 1991. Shot once.
Male, born 1992. Shot once.
Female, born 1991. Shot three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Boy, born 1995. Shot three times.
Male, born 1989. Shot four times.
Girl, born 1993. Shot three times with the pistol and rifle.
Male, born 1983. Shot twice.
Male, born 1992. Was in the area at the Pump House, the seashore or in the water. Was shot once with a pistol or rifle.
Sydspissen
Female, born 1988. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot twice with the gun and / or rifle.
Boy, born 1996. Was located on the waterfront. Was shot at least three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Girl, born 1995. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot once.
Girl, born 1991. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot at least once with the pistol or rifle.
Girl, born 1994. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot three times with the gun.
Boy, born 1994. Fled from the island by a swim, but died of drowning.
Western tip of
Boy, born 1994. Fell off a cliff into the water. Died of injuries from falling and / or drowning….
Original article: 52 av ofrene fra Utøya døde av skudd i hodet
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Google translation:
Breivik shot 56 of 69 victims in the head
07.mar.2012
Of the 69 who were killed on Utøya 22 July, 56 were shot in the head. The indictment against Anders Behring Breivik describes terror in all its cruelty…
Original article: Breivik skjøt 56 av 69 ofre i hodet
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Google translation:
Not mentioned in the indictment: “He tried to kill me”
07/03/12
More AUF higher disappointed by the omission
After swimming for their lives from Anders Behring Breivik’s bullets, it’s hard not to be part of the charges, says Bjorn Ihler (20) in Oslo AUF….
“All involved feel that part of the case, so it is important and appropriate to be part of the indictment. He tried to kill me too,” says Ihler to VG Nett….
A total of 119 persons mentioned by name in the indictment. These are all the 77 who lost their lives, and others who were hit by bullets or shrapnel from the bomb in the government building….
There were 889 people in danger during the attacks, 325 people near the bomb in Oslo and 564 people on Utøya when shooting began.
“Those who are not mentioned by name in the charge will still appear in person group descriptions in the trial,” says Holden….
Original article: Ikke nevnt i tiltalen: “Han prøvde å drepe meg også”
Police union leader warns Justice Minister about new PST head appointment
Verdens Gang (VG) reports that police union leader, Lasse Roen, who represents the Police Security Service (PST) staff, issued a stark warning to Justice Minister, Grete Faremo (Labor), not to recruit the new head of PST in the same manner as her predecessor, Knut Storberget, hired Janne Kristiansen.
Storberget (Labor), who was controversial because of his attempts to make blasphemy illegal and to introduce the use of the hijab to the Norwegian police force, and who recently stepped down after receiving death threats, had hand picked Kristiansen for the job. The appointment was by many regarded as a political one.
Arne Johannessen, national head of the Norwegian Police Union (Politiets Fellesforbund), which represents more than 10,000 Norwegian police officers, recently strongly criticized how the previous head of the PST was hired, stating that Storberget steered around several good applicants with strong professsional integrity and relevant police experience, when he picked Janne Kristiansen. In an interview with VG, Johannesen said that to hire a new PST chief with little leader experience and no police-professional background is like risk-sport.
Now the union leader representing PST employees made it clear that PST workers do not want Justice Minister Faremo to recruit a new boss by calling around. “In the last round, many sat and waited for a phone call. Now we want potential applicants to actually apply [for the job] and not [just] wait for a call from the Justice Minister to be encouraged to apply,” Roen said to VG.
Roen also said to VG that the police officers at the PST see a need for several changes in the application process, but that they have not been heard. He said the most important thing is that the application process is made better. “If the applicants openly stand forward on [the] application list, they also contribute to a more fair and open process now. The last time a new PST-chief was to be hired, uncertainty was created as to whether the process was open and genuine,” said Roen to VG.
Roen has also previously stated to VG that the PST staff do not want another political appointement.
Janne Kristiansen has been investigated by the Special Unit of the Police Force (Internal Affairs) after her apparent slip of the tongue during a parliamentary hearing in which she accidentally revealed that Norway’s Military Intelligence Service has operative agents in Pakistan, but the case has now been closed.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
PST employees warns Faremo against telephone recruitment
Thursday Minister of Justice Grete Faremo announced the position as head of the Police Security Service. Faremo places more demands to the new pst boss, among other things, that he should be able to handle the media in a confident manner and that the person must have completed a law degree or other relevant education.
Do not need to have a legal degree
Earlier Thursday Progress Party leader of the Justice Committee [Per Sandberg] made critical remarks regarding Faremo not to a greater extent encourages people with practical law enforcement or military backgrounds to apply for the prestigious job. He has the support of the PST staff.
- To name a specific law degree in the announcement text can provide signals that it is what is desired. We had wanted a broader announcement, where the Ministry also took more consideration to potential applicants with other backgrounds.
- I think there are people other than lawyers who can fill that position, says Lasse Roen….
Original article: PST-ansatte advarer Faremo mot telefon-rekruttering
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Related post: National Police Union leader warns Justice Department about appointment of new PST head
Related post: Head of PST steps down, PST staff do not want another political appointment
Norwegian government proposes law changes to allow one-man psychiatric hospitals, strict control of political prisoners in psychiatric institutions
Verdens Gang (VG) reports that Health Minister, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Labor), has submitted a new law proposal for hearing rounds. In the new law proposal, the Labor coalition government proposes major changes to the rights and treatment of citizens committed by the court system to psychiatric care.
The proposed changes to the psychiatric healthcare law (psykisk helsevernloven), which appears tailor-suited for political prisoners, would allow for the creation of special high-security psychiatric institutions. “We open for the establishment of health facilities with particularly high-security, but where the main focus shall be treatment,” Strøm-Erichsen told VG.
According to the new law proposal, it would be legal to construct a psychiatric hospital for a single person. It would also be possible to place such a one-man psychiatric hospital inside an existing prison. In addition, the new law would make it legal for high-security psychiatric hospitals to search patients’ belongings, read their mail, and control phonecalls and visits, writes VG.
According to VG, the government has proposed a rapid time schedule for the hearing so that the new law can be approved by parliament before the verdict against Anders Behring Breivik is ready. Strøm-Erichsen, however, claims that the new law is not created specifically for Breivik. “This is not a special law for this [court] case, but shall be a general possibility for people that need extra hight security around them,” Strøm-Erichsen said to VG.
Google translation:
The Government will build Breivik hospital
03/01/12
The Government will establish a high-security hospital, which can accommodate Anders Behring Breivik – if he is sentenced to compulsory psychiatric care.
An entirely fresh bill allows for such a short hospitalization can be built inside the walls of Ila Prison….
The government would not build a hospital just Breivik, but also for other particularly dangerous psychotic persons sentenced to compulsory psychiatric care….
High security hospital will have far greater powers than psychiatry has had to date, among other things, to examine the patients, checking personal belongings, and to check mail, visitors and telephones.
Original article: Regjeringen vil bygge Breivik-sykehus
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Hearing document – in Norwegian [opens pdf].
Related post: Government evaluating legality of construction of one-man psychiatric hospital inside prison for Breivik
Related post: Norway’s Attorney General expresses desire to introduce greater press restrictions
Related post: Justice Department considers law change that will make Breivik book illegal
[post title edited 03/23/12]
[second paragraph edited 03/26/12]
Labor Youth Organization (AUF) cancels Utøya camp this year
The Labor Youth Organization (AUF) will not be arranging its annual summer camp at Utøya this year AUF-leader, Eskil Pedersen, confirmed to Verdens Gang (VG). Instead, a memorial ceremony is planned for the one-year anniversary of the 7/22 attacks.
“It is practically impossible, and neither does it feel right, to have a political summer camp at Utøya this year. The new Utøya must stand ready before we have a camp there,” Pedersen says.
VG writes that, the day after the attack, Pedersen made it clear that the AUF should take Utøya back. “It was difficult to understand there and then how much long-term work would be needed for us to be able to take Utøya back. But the ambition still stands firm; we shall do it, and we shall have political summer camps there, but not this year,” Pedersen said to VG.
“I understand not everyone thinks this way, but I do. I understand that people can think it is strange and wrong to arrange camps at Utøya again; but as an organization, I believe it is the only right [thing to do]. We experience a fantastic engagement in the organization now, and have more active [members] than in many years. It feels right that they, too, shall experience summer camp at Utøya,” Pedersen explains. He also pointed out to VG that the Labor Youth Organization has a sixty year long tradition at Utøya.
Google translation:
AUF drops Utøya camp this year
22/02/12
Planning a ceremony commemorating 22 July
Even if it were practicable, would not AUF organized political fun at Utøya this year.
This confirms AUF leader Eskil Pedersen. Recently determined leadership in the youth organization summer camp’s fate.
“It is practically impossible and it feels not right to have a summer camp for political Utøya this year. The new Utøya must be completed before we have a camp there,” says Pedersen….
Original article: AUF dropper Utøya-leir i år
