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43 weeks 2 days ago - Norway

Geir Lippestad, the lawyer for Anders Breivik has said his client appears to be insane.

"This whole case indicated that he is insane," Lippestad told journalists on Tuesday about Breivik, who has claimed responsibility for Friday's bomb attack on the Oslo government and subsequent shooting spree on a nearby island.

The lawyer said it was too early to say if Breivik would plead insanity at his trial, adding that his client might oppose this as he felt that only he "understands the truth". Lippestad said Breivik had stated he belonged to an anti-Islam network that has two cells in Norway and more abroad.

Tags Breivik, insane, Lippestad, Norway Attacks
43 weeks 3 days ago - Norway

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg personally knew many of the victims of Friday's car bombing in Oslo and mass shootings on a nearby island.

He told a grimly defiant crowd amassed in the centre of the capital, Oslo, on Monday: "Evil can kill a person but it cannot kill a people."

In an interview with Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer earlier in the day, Stoltenberg admitted that Norway would be changed permanently by the attacks, but he vowed to ensure it remains an open society.

Tags attacks, Breivik, Jens Stoltenberg, Norway Attacks, Oslo, oslo bombing
43 weeks 3 days ago - Norway

Norwegian police revise death toll from Oslo blast and shootings at island of Utoya on Friday down to 76, citing difficulties in gathering information at Utoya.

Tags Breivik, Oslo, Utoya

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