July 22 mourning takes many forms

NEWS ANALYSIS: Two young Norwegians gazed quietly on Sunday at the island of Utøya,  scene of last summer’s massacre that left 69 persons dead. Two days earlier, another mourner from Iraq had reacted far more loudly and angrily in the courtroom where the man who carried out the massacre is on trial. Perhaps it took [...]

Springsteen keen to sing on July 22

Speculation has been circulating for months and now “The Boss” himself, singer Bruce Springsteen, has confirmed that he’ll gladly take part in an upcoming memorial for victims of last summer’s terrorist attacks in Norway. Coincidentally or not, Springsteen and his E Street Band are scheduled to perform in Oslo on July 21, with two more [...]

Emotional outburst halted terror trial

After weeks of almost uncanny calm in the courtroom, an emotional outburst finally disrupted the ongoing trial of the man charged with killing 77 persons in Norway last summer. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that a spectator following the proceedings on Friday suddenly stood up, threw a shoe in the direction of the defendant and yelled [...]

Breivik challenged his witnesses

Terror defendant Anders Behring Breivik challenged witnesses testifying against him as his trial continued in an Oslo courtroom this week. More autopsy reports were being examined on Thursday. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported how Breivik interrupted the testimony of one of the private boat owners who tried to rescue terrified youngsters as they desperately swam away [...]

More threats logged since July 22

Norwegian politicians and other high-profile persons in Norway have been receiving more threats since the terror attacks of July 22, and the nature of the threats is more serious. The trial of confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, meanwhile, continued this week with some of the most disturbing testimony to date. Newspaper Vårt Land wrote earlier [...]

Parents face new tough week in court

Nearly all the parents of young Labour Party members killed in a terrorist’s massacre on the island of Utøya were opting to appear in court in Oslo this week, to be there when the autopsy reports of their murdered children were to be examined. “This is all about showing opposition to (the man) who did [...]

Terror trial resumes with shorter days in court, to relieve mental stress

The trial of Norway’s home-grown terrorist resumed on Thursday after a five-day break, and shorter days in court are now part of the plan for proceedings. As testimony turns to the autopsy reports of 69 more victims, attorneys agreed that shorter days were necessary in order to relieve the mental stress of the subject matter [...]

Norwegians sing out against Breivik

In late July Norwegians gathered spontaneously with flowers and song, after terrorist attacks left 77 persons dead. On Thursday, many were planning to sing out once again, after the home-grown terrorist who killed and maimed hundreds of their fellow Norwegians further provoked them with derogatory comments about one song and songwriter in particular. Norway is [...]

Breivik’s ‘apology’ branded ‘pathetic’

‘Terror defendant Anders Behring Breivik issued what he called was a “full apology” to some of those injured and killed in his bomb attack on Norway’s government last summer, but only those who had no ties to the state ministries he was targeting. A representative for all victims of the bombing called his apology “pathetic.” Breivik, [...]

Norway’s traumatic moment of truth

NEWS ANALYSIS: After describing himself as a self-appointed executionist on Thursday, Anders Behring Breivik was back on the witness stand in Oslo on Friday to answer more questions about his attacks of July 22. As survivors and families of victims braced for more gruesome details, questions keep arising about why it’s necessary, as one survivor [...]

More tears after new brutal testimony

Grown men were reduced to tears once again, as were many others, when terror defendant Anders Behring Breivik re-traced his murderous steps in an Oslo courtroom on Friday. Repeated attempts by attorneys to get Breivik to show any signs of emotion or empathy himself, though, were unsuccessful. “It was very, very tough to listen to [...]

‘Can’t believe what we’re hearing’

Some Norwegians were calling Thursday the “worst day ever” in a local court, and attorneys warned that Friday would be even worse. Survivors and families of the victims of last summer’s terrorist attacks in Oslo were severely shaken as they listened to the latest unflinching testimony of the man who carried out what he claims [...]

Doors open for historic terror trial

Nine months after he inflicted the greatest national trauma on Norway since World War II, the trial of 33-year-old Anders Behring Breivik was getting underway in the Oslo City Court Monday morning. Breivik was driven in a convoy from his cells at Ila Prison outside the city to the courthouse, where he faces formal charges [...]

Confessed terrorist ‘has sympathizers’

As debate continues over whether confessed Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik is insane, an ideological warrior, simply evil or all of the above, chilling details continue to emerge about how he thinks. Among them, that he still has no regrets over killing 77 persons last summer, wishes he’d been able to carry his attacks further, [...]

Breivik’s lawyers prepare for battle

Attorneys Geir Lippestad and Vibeke Hein Bæra are getting ready for the legal battle of their lives, when they walk into an expanded Oslo courthouse next month to defend confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik. They’re tackling their enormous task as a matter of democratic principle, motivated, they say, by “genuine faith in a state governed [...]

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