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Anders Behring Brevik, Norway mass murderer, declared insane

A psychiatric evaluation has found that the Norwegian gunman who killed 77 people in a July rampage was insane when he carried out the attacks, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Norway gunman claims he’s a resistance leader

The anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to a bombing and shooting massacre that killed 77 people in Norway tried to declare himself a resistance leader Monday at his first public court hearing but was quickly cut off by the judge.

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Service remembers 77 killed in Norway massacre (AP)

Norway`s King Harald speaks during the national memorial ceremony in Oslo  Sunday Aug. 21, 2011, in remembrance of the victims of the two July 22 attacks that killed 77 people in Oslo and on Utoya island. (AP Photo/Cornelius Poppe, Scanpix Norway)  NORWAY OUTAP – Norway’s King Harald told citizens that freedom is stronger than fear Sunday, as the country concluded a monthlong mourning period with a candlelit memorial service to the 77 people killed by a right-wing extremist.


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Norway killer reenacts slaughter for cops

Norwegian police said they questioned Breivik for nearly eight hours while they reconstructed the bloody ambush on Utoya Island that claimed the lives of 69 young political activists on July 22.

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AP Exclusive: Insanity ruling not likely in Norway (AP)

FILE - In this July 25, 2011 file photo, Norway's twin terror attacks suspect Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving the courthouse following a hearing in Oslo, Norway where he pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest modern mass killings in peacetime. It's unlikely that Breivik will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Aftenposten/Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen) NORWAY OUTAP – It’s unlikely that the right-wing extremist who admitted killing dozens in Norway last week will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation told The Associated Press.


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Norway gunman’s tale diverges sharply from reality (AP)

FILE - In this undated file image obtained from the Twitter page of Anders Behring Breivik, 32, who was arrested in connection with the twin attacks on a youth camp and a government building in Oslo, Norway.  There's a long thread of delusion winding throughout the 1,518-page manifesto Breivik e-mailed to hundreds of people hours before he set out on his murderous rampage in Norway's capital and a nearby vacation island just over a week ago. But those who know Breivik told The Associated Press Saturday, July 30, 2011, that much is true about the manifesto's autobiographical material, which is interlaced with long political screeds and detailed instructions on bomb-making.  (AP Photo/Twitter, Anders Behring Breivik)AP – In the world according to Anders Behring Breivik, a seat on Oslo’s city council was once nearly in his grasp — until he was sidelined by a jealous adversary. Nonsense, says the so-called rival, who notes that Breivik attended just five or six party meetings and barely spoke.


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Norway suspect was considering other targets (AP)

FILE - This photo combo shows the victims who were killed in the July 22, 2011 terror attacks in Oslo and on Utoya island in Norway.  From left,  Andreas Edvardsen, 19, from Sarpsborg, Norway,  Rune Havdal (43) from Oevre Eiker, Norway,  Fredrik Lund Schjetne, 18, from Eidsvoll, Norway,  Carina Borgund, 18, from Oslo, Norway, Tina Iversen Sukuvara, 18,  from Vadsoe, Norway,  Mona Abdinur, 18,  from Oslo, Norway.  (AP Photo/File)AP – The anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to a bombing and youth camp massacre that killed 77 people in Norway has told investigators he also considered attacking other targets linked to the government or the prime minister’s Labor Party, police said Saturday.


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