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| Killer's Day in Court a Trial for Norway |
| 2012-04-14 |
| Reliving a Day of Tragedy Will Test Survivors; Many Fear Courtroom Will Give Breivik a Platform for His Extremist Views. Nine months after a lone gunman killed 77 people and injured hundreds with an unprecedented shooting spree and a car boom, Norway faces a new trauma: his trial. Anders Behring Breivik, 33 years old, has admitted his deeds, but said they were justified because he is at war with Islam and what he described as "multiculturalism." Many in Norway fear that the trial--the biggest in Norway since those of Nazi collaborators after World War II--will give him a platform to spread such views. At the core of the trial, scheduled to last 10 weeks, is whether the massacre was carried out by a madman or by someone representing growing political rumblings over Norway's increased openness to immigrants. Try musclehead and meth head |
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