World Briefing | Europe
Norway: Militant Studied Al Qaeda
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 20, 2012
On the fifth day of his trial to determine whether he is sane or insane, Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to killing 77 people last year, said that before carrying out his bombing-and-shooting rampage, he studied attacks by Al Qaeda and Timothy J. McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, as well as the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. He also said he had read more than 600 bomb-making guides. He called Al Qaeda “the most successful revolutionary movement in the world” and said it should serve as an inspiration to far-right militants, though their goals differ. Later, he described in graphic detail hunting down and killing teenagers at a summer camp. He has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, saying his victims had betrayed Norway by embracing immigration.
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