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You should give me a medal says smirking killer of 77
Mass killer Anders Breivik told a court yesterday he deserved a medal for the murder of 77 people and demanded to be set free.
Breivik, who has been declared criminally insane, smirked as he was led in to Oslo district court, handcuffed and dressed in a dark suit, for his last scheduled detention hearing before the trial starts in April.
He stretched out his arms in what his lawyer, Geir Lippestad, said was “some kind of Right-wing extremist greeting”.
Reading from prepared remarks, the 32-year-old Norwegian told the court that the July 22 massacre – carried out with a bomb, a rifle and a handgun – was a strike against “traitors” he said were embracing immigration to promote “an Islamic colonisation of Norway”.
As in previous hearings, Breivik admitted to setting off the bomb outside the government headquarters in Oslo and opening fire at a Labour Party youth camp on Utoya island, outside the capital, but denied criminal responsibility and rejected the authority of the court.
About 100 survivors and relatives of victims watched in disbelief as Breivik asked to be released and told the judge he should receive a military honour.
A psychiatric evaluation found Breivik criminally insane, but a second was ordered and Breivik has refused to cooperate with psychiatrists in the second review.
Breivik claims he is a commander of a militant organisation aiming to overthrow European governments and replace them with “patriotic” regimes that would deport Muslim immigrants.
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