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OSLO, Norway (AP) — The man who has confessed to carrying out a
bombing and shooting spree that left 93 people dead in Norway will
be held in complete isolation for four weeks after a hearing in
which he said his terror network had two other cells.
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Anders Behring Breivik pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest
modern mass killings in peacetime, saying he wanted to save Europe
and send a strong signal, not to kill as many as possible, Judge
Kim Heger said after a closed court hearing.
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Breivik could tamper with evidence if released, and will be held
for at least another month after the court-ordered solitary
confinement, the judge said.
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Breivik made clear in an Internet manifesto that he planned to turn
his court appearance into theater, preparing a speech for his
appearance in court even before launching the attacks, then
requesting requested an open hearing in which he would wear a
uniform.
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The suspect staged the bombing and youth camp rampage as
“marketing” for his manifesto calling for a revolution that would
rid Europe of Muslims, he said.
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Reporters and locals thronged the courthouse on Monday ahead of the
hearing for their first glimpse of Breivik since the assault. When
one car drove through the crowd, people hit its windows and one
person shouted an expletive, believing Breivik was
inside.
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The hearing ended after about 35 minutes.
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Peaceful, liberal Norway has been stunned by the bombing in
downtown Oslo and the shooting massacre at a youth camp outside the
capital, which the suspect said were intended to start a revolution
to inspire Norwegians to retake their country from Muslims and
other immigrants. He blames liberals for championing
multiculturalism over Norway’s “indigenous” culture.
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“It is clear that there is concrete information that a public
hearing with the suspect present could quickly lead to an
extraordinary and very difficult situation in terms of the
investigation and security,” Heger said.
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The court acknowledged that there was a need for transparency in
the case and that it normally would consider arguments from the
press when making decisions to close hearings but said that wasn’t
possible “for practical reasons.”
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It’s unusual that the hearing was closed even before it began.
Normally, a judge would make such a decision in open
court.
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Typically, the accused is brought to court every four weeks while
prosecutors prepare their case, so a judge can approve his
continued detention. In cases of serious crimes or where the
defendant has admitted to the charges, longer periods of detention
are not unusual.
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Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg led the mourning nation in a minute
of silence on Monday, standing on the steps of an Oslo university
next to a flame. The king and queen stood by as well, and
neighboring countries Denmark and Sweden also joined in the
remembrance.
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Signs of normality began to return to Oslo on Monday. A wide police
cordon around the bomb site was lifted on the first workday since
the attacks, leaving just a narrower zone closed off. Most shops
were open and trams were rumbling through the city’s
streets.
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But the flag on the courthouse where Breivik will appear remained
at half staff, and the world’s media was buzzing around the
building.
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The search for more victims continues and police have not released
the names of the dead. But Norway’s royal court said Monday that
those killed at the island retreat included Crown Princess
Mette-Marit’s stepbrother, an off-duty police officer, who was
working there as a security guard.
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Court spokeswoman Marianne Hagen told The Associated Press that his
name was Trond Berntsen, the son of Mette-Marit’s stepfather, who
died in 2008.
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Meanwhile, in an interview with Swedish tabloid Expressen, the
suspect’s father said he was ashamed and disgusted by his son’s
acts and wished he had committed suicide.
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“I don’t feel like his father,” said former diplomat Jens David
Breivik from his secluded home in southern France. “How could he
just stand there and kill so many innocent people and just seem to
think that what he did was OK? He should have taken his own life
too. That’s what he should have done.”
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Breivik said he first learned the news of his son’s attacks from
media websites. “I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was totally
paralyzing and I couldn’t really understand it.”
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“I will have to live with this shame for the rest of my life.
People will always link me with him,” he said.
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Jens David Breivik said he had severed all contact with his son in
1995 when the latter was 16.
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Police were surrounding the suspect’s father’s house in the south
of France on Monday. They initially said they were searching the
premises, but later said they were there to ensure public order.
Journalists were outside the property.
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The attacks rattled Norway, a small and wealthy country unused to
political violence, and known internationally as a peace mediator,
prominent foreign aid donor and as home of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Survivors of the camp shooting on the Utoya island described how a
gunman dressed in a police uniform urged people to come closer and
then opened fire, sending panicked youth fleeing into the
water.
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Police say 86 people were killed. About 90 minutes earlier, a car
bomb exploded in the government district in central Oslo, killing
seven.
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More than 90 people were wounded, and others remain missing at both
crime scenes.
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Breivik laid out his extreme nationalist philosophy as well as his
attack methods in a 1,500-page manifesto. It also describes how he
bought armor, guns, tons of fertilizer and other bomb components,
stashed caches of weapons and wiping his computer hard drive – all
while evading police suspicion and being nice to his
neighbors.
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Polish security officials said Monday that he bought some of the
components for his bomb-making in Poland, adding that the online
purchases were legal. Pawel Bialek, the deputy head of the Internal
Security Agency, said Monday that the chemicals can be bought
anywhere in Europe. They included a synthetic
fertilizer.
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Dr. Colin Poole, head of surgery at Ringriket Hospital in Honefoss
northwest of Oslo, told The Associated Press that the gunman used
special bullets designed to disintegrate inside the body and cause
maximum internal damage. Poole said surgeons treating 16 gunshot
victims have recovered no full bullets.
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“These bullets more or less exploded inside the body,” Poole said.
“It’s caused us all kinds of extra problems in dealing with the
wounds they cause, with very strange trajectories.”
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Ballistics experts say “dum-dum”-style bullets also are lighter in
weight and can be fired with greater accuracy over varying
distances.
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Associated Press writers Angela Charlton in Paris, Sarah DiLorenzo
in Stockholm and Shawn Pogatchnik in Oslo, Norway, contributed to
this report.
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