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Anders Behring Breivik

Slowly, Norway reclaims the land where it lost its innocence
Article
/ 20 August 2015

Slowly, Norway reclaims the land where it lost its innocence

For the first time since Breivik murdered 69 people on Utøya, the political youth group he attacked has returned to the Norwegian island to camp.

By David Crouch
Complicit in a tide of hate and violence
Analysis
/ 16 July 2015

Complicit in a tide of hate and violence

South Africans are spewing vitriol on a website that is said to be stoking the fires of hate crimes.

By Mandy de Waal
Embrace the things we share in this scary, polarised world
Article
/ 27 November 2014

Embrace the things we share in this scary, polarised world

The Oslo World Music Festival paid tribute to the role of music in addressing historical and contemporary struggles for freedom.

By Bongani Kona
Europe’s far right shuns Breivik’s acts, but flirts with ideas
Article
/ 26 August 2012

Europe’s far right shuns Breivik’s acts, but flirts with ideas

Security specialists worry that far-right social media commentary stigmatising Europe’s Muslims may help push enthusiasts towards militancy.

By Reuters
Norway mass killer Breivik sentenced to 21 years in prison
Article
/ 24 August 2012

Norway mass killer Breivik sentenced to 21 years in prison

Thirteen months after his killing spree, far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has been sentenced to the maximum prison term in Norway.

By Frank Zeller
Verdict expected in Breivik marathon trial
Article
/ 20 August 2012

Verdict expected in Breivik marathon trial

An Oslo court is to hand down its verdict on Friday against Anders Behring Breivik for his twin attacks last year that left 77 people dead.

By Pierre-Henry Deshayes
Ubuntu lifted Norway, so why not South Africa?
Article
/ 19 July 2012

Ubuntu lifted Norway, so why not South Africa?

Liv Torres reflects on the day that shattered Norway’s image of being the most peaceful country in the world when 77 people were killed in an attack.

By Staff Reporter
Norway youths describe being hunted by Breivik
Article
/ 14 May 2012

Norway youths describe being hunted by Breivik

Norwegians wounded in Anders Behring Breivik’s shooting rampage have testified about how he hunted them down and used the trial to taunt the killer.

By Pierre-Henry Deshayes
Witnesses describe Breivik’s ruse to get to Utoeya
Article
/ 3 May 2012

Witnesses describe Breivik’s ruse to get to Utoeya

A guard and a ferry captain have detailed how Anders Behring Breivik tricked them into allowing him to go to Utoeya Island, where he killed 69 people.

By Pierre-Henry Deshayes
No image available
Article
/ 27 April 2012

Breivik victim: ‘Everything went black’

A man who had his leg amputated after a bomb planted by Anders Behring Breivik tore through his body has spoken about his harrowing ordeal.

By Walter Gibbs
Breivik takes in ‘war zone’ testimony
Article
/ 25 April 2012

Breivik takes in ‘war zone’ testimony

Anders Behring Breivik has listened silently as others describe the mayhem caused by his bombing, a scene one witness described as a "war zone".

By Karl Ritter
Norwegian mass killer victim of ‘discrediting plot’
Article
/ 24 April 2012

Norwegian mass killer victim of ‘discrediting plot’

Norway’s self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is at pains to convince the court of his sanity when he killed 77 people last year.

By Staff Reporter
Harrowing testimony in Norway killer’s trial
Article
/ 20 April 2012

Harrowing testimony in Norway killer’s trial

Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has shocked an Oslo courtroom as he calmly described hunting teenagers on an island summer camp.

By Karl Ritter
Norwegian mass killer’s full plans come to light
Article
/ 19 April 2012

Norwegian mass killer’s full plans come to light

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he planned to kidnap and decapitate former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during his massacre.

By Karl Ritter
Norway killer: ‘I have embraced death’
Article
/ 18 April 2012

Norway killer: ‘I have embraced death’

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik says he should be executed or acquitted after killing 77 people in what he said was a battle to defend Europe.

By Victoria Klesty and Alistair Scrutton
Norwegian mass killer ‘would have done it again’
Article
/ 17 April 2012

Norwegian mass killer ‘would have done it again’

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has told the court he was inspired by al-Qaeda, after a judge who wanted him to face the death penalty was dismissed.

By Nina Larson
Breivik’s own propaganda film brings him to tears
Article
/ 17 April 2012

Breivik’s own propaganda film brings him to tears

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has gotten "emotional" at the screening of the propaganda film he made to justify his one-man war.

By Staff Reporter
Smirking Norway killer Breivik pleads not guilty
Article
/ 16 April 2012

Smirking Norway killer Breivik pleads not guilty

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people, has pleaded not guilty in a trial that threatens to become a "circus" over his anti-Islamic views.

By Balazs Koranyi and Walter Gibbs
Norway’s mass killer declared sane in new finding
Article
/ 10 April 2012

Norway’s mass killer declared sane in new finding

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has been found sane after killing 77 people last year in what he called punishing "traitors" who favoured immigration.

By Staff Reporter
Killer’s mental health in Norway’s spotlight again
Article
/ 10 April 2012

Killer’s mental health in Norway’s spotlight again

A new psychiatric appraisal is to shed more light on whether Anders Behring Breivik can be held accountable for killing 77 people in Norway last year.

By Staff Reporter
Norway killer to contest insanity diagnosis
Article
/ 4 April 2012

Norway killer to contest insanity diagnosis

A militant who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011 will challenge a diagnosis that he is criminally insane, something he considers "worse than death".

By Staff Reporter
Norway massacre suspect charged with acts of terror
Article
/ 7 March 2012

Norway massacre suspect charged with acts of terror

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last July, has been charged with committing acts of terror and voluntary homicide.

By Staff Reporter
Report declaring Norway killer insane given the nod
Article
/ 22 December 2011

Report declaring Norway killer insane given the nod

A Norwegian report concluding that the anti-Islam militant who killed 77 people in July is insane, has been approved by a medical review commission.

By Staff Reporter
Mixed views on Norway mass killer’s state of mind
Article
/ 22 December 2011

Mixed views on Norway mass killer’s state of mind

A medical review panel is split on a report that concluded the Norwegian militant who killed 77 people in July is psychotic and unfit to go to jail.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 12 December 2011

Norway killer Breivik still feels no regret

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in two attacks in Norway in July, has no feelings of regret, saying what he did was necessary.

By Staff Reporter
2011 in retrospect
Article
/ 5 December 2011

2011 in retrospect

The drama in 2011 seemed to unfold on an almost daily basis, with scandals, disasters and political unrest rolling in one after the other.

By Faranaaz Parker
‘Insane’ Anders Behring Breivik may escape prison
Article
/ 30 November 2011

‘Insane’ Anders Behring Breivik may escape prison

Norway’s mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in July, may escape a jail sentence as he ‘lives in his own delusional universe’.

By Staff Reporter
Breivik: Yes, I killed 77 people, but I won’t plead guilty
Article
/ 14 November 2011

Breivik: Yes, I killed 77 people, but I won’t plead guilty

Anders Behring Breivik has admitted to killing 77 people in twin attacks in Norway in July, but rejected the court’s authority to hear his case.

By Staff Reporter
‘We’re not as safe as we thought’
Article
/ 9 September 2011

‘We’re not as safe as we thought’

A country that prided itself on openness now worries about security, writes <b>Mmanaledi Mataboge</b>.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
Anders Breivik’s spider web of hate
Article
/ 8 September 2011

Anders Breivik’s spider web of hate

An analysis of the Norwegian killer’s manifesto reveals the online network that helped him to withdraw into a paranoid universe.

By Andrew Brown
Zuma pays tribute to Norway’s massacre victims
Article
/ 1 September 2011

Zuma pays tribute to Norway’s massacre victims

While on a two-day visit to discuss climate change and Libya, President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to the 77 people killed in a massacre in Norway.

By Staff Reporter
King tries to unite shattered Norway
Article
/ 22 August 2011

King tries to unite shattered Norway

"Freedom is stronger than fear," King Harald told Norwegians on Sunday, hoping to unite a nation shattered by a gunman who killed 77.

By Staff Reporter
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