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2022-06-26 Europe
‘Mentally Ill’ Man Sentenced to Care After Conviction For Killing Five in Bow-and-Arrow Attack
[Breitbart] A man was found guilty Friday of murder and attempted murder for fatally stabbing five people and wounding four others in southern Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows and knives.

The Buskerud District Court sentenced Espen Andersen Bråthen
...Danish known wolf — mostly for schizophrenia, burglary, drugs, and self-radicalizing himself into a threat after converting to Islam. Even his friends said he was a ticking time bomb. He is also in the Rantburg archives as Espen Andersen Braathen...
to compulsory mental health care. Three forensic psychiatric experts who assessed him concluded he has chronic paranoid schizophrenia and was mentally ill at the time of the attack on Oct. 13, 2021. Both the prosecution and the defense had called for compulsory mental health care for Andersen Bråthen.

Andersen Bråthen was found guilty of 11 counts of attempted murder for shooting at people with a bow and arrows in Kongsberg, a former mining town of 26,000 people. He was carrying 62 arrows and four knives at the time of the attack.

The three-judge court said the defendant had explained during the trial that started in May and lasted until June 6 "that he had decided to kill people in order to achieve rebirth. He said he thought he was going to go blind. The accused therefore believed that it was urgent to kill."

Andersen Bråthen had watched "a large number of videos" showing situations where people were stabbed, and had explained "that he watched such videos to learn how to use weapons so that they became as deadly as possible," the court said.

The 38-year-old’s defense lawyer, Fredrik Neumann, said, according to Norwegian broadcaster NRK, that his client "had delusions with religious and magical content."

"We are dealing with a sick person. A person who is without guilt," prosecutor Andreas Christiansen said in his final speech, Norwegian news agency NTB wrote. Another prosecutor, Vibeke Gjøslien Martins, said that he "did not stop until he was arrested, and he had a clear and distinct goal of killing more," NRK quoted her as saying.

Andersen Bråthen was arrested more than half an hour after he started firing arrows inside a grocery store and attacking people inside their homes. He attacked people with knives after his bow broke, the court said.

Andersen Bråthen also was sentenced to pay compensations to the victims.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-06-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ]  Top
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#1 
Given, there is NO CURE for chronic paranoid schizophrenia, he will always be a threat to society and those around him.

Having taken 5 lives and injured 10+ others, to achieve what he called rebirth, instead of just committing suicide. He will get a lifetime of free room and board.

Which means the families that he adversely impacted will now continue to share in paying his room, board and medical care for life.


Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-26 09:01||   2022-06-26 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 When a dog mauls and kills a child, there is no hand wringing or concern about what happens subsequently to the dog even though the dog "didn't really understand" what it did.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-26 09:14||   2022-06-26 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 NN2N1 I doubt he will be institutionalized for life, remember the guy who killed 77 about a decade ago only got 21 years in prison.
Posted by Chris 2022-06-26 09:50||   2022-06-26 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 
Seem to remember a ScFi movie or book where an island was set up to place such society threats.

Maybe it is time to consider such an idea.

Politicians 1st tho....☺
Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-26 10:38||   2022-06-26 10:38|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^^^ The island you are suggesting is called Ilha da Quiemada Grande.
Posted by Chris 2022-06-26 11:11||   2022-06-26 11:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Na... too close to a main land.

I would go with Gough Island or the famous Pitcairn Island
Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-26 12:00||   2022-06-26 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 I'll stick with mine, you put snakes with snakes.
Posted by Chris 2022-06-26 12:27||   2022-06-26 12:27|| Front Page Top

#8 I call nor bow control legislation.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-06-26 15:52||   2022-06-26 15:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Stop the mental gymnastic you morons and kill that scum.
Why discuss, kill him!!
Posted by Aca JOE 2022-06-26 21:12||   2022-06-26 21:12|| Front Page Top

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