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French Breivik book flies off the shelves

A French book on Anders Behring Breivik's twin terror attacks in 2011 has become a publishing sensation, with critics comparing it to Truman Capote's non-fiction classic In Cold Blood, Aftenposten has reported.

Published: 23 August 2013 08:47 CEST
French Breivik book flies off the shelves
Anders Behring Breivik - Heiko Junge Scanpix
'Utøya', named after the island where the far-right extremist carried out his gun massacre, describes the events in minute-by-minute detail. 
 
Controversially, it is written in the first person, taking the point of view of the killer, with all of his thoughts, beliefs and feelings depicted with unnerving clarity. 
 
Author Laurent Obertone studied police reports and court documents and spoke to witnesses and survivors to build up a detailed picture of the events, before imaginatively entering the mind of the mass murderer. 
 
"This is not about some kind of acceptance," David Serra, the book's publisher, told the newspaper. "Obertone is totally against Breivik's actions and is not looking for scandal." 

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Norway mosque shooter ‘has admitted the facts’: Police

A Norwegian man suspected of killing his step sister and opening fire in a mosque near Oslo last weekend, has admitted to the crimes though he has not officially entered a plea, police said on Friday.

Published: 17 August 2019 09:46 CEST
Norway mosque shooter 'has admitted the facts': Police
Philip Manshaus appears in court on August 12. Photo: Cornelius Poppe / NTB Scanpix / AFP
Philip Manshaus, 21, was remanded in custody Monday, suspected of murder and a “terrorist act” that police say he filmed himself committing.
   
Answering police questions on Friday, “the suspect admits the facts but has not taken a formal position as to the charges,” Oslo police official Pal-Fredrik Hjort Kraby said in a statement.
   
Manshaus is suspected of murdering his 17-year-old step sister Johanne Zhangjia Ihle-Hansen, before entering the Al-Noor mosque in an affluent Oslo suburb and opening fire before he was overpowered by a 65-year-old man.
   
Just three worshippers were in the mosque at the time, and there were no serious injuries.
   
Manshaus appeared in court this week with two black eyes and scrapes and bruises to his face, neck and hands.
   
Police have said he has “extreme right views” and “xenophobic positions” and that he had filmed the mosque attack with a camera mounted on a helmet. He had initially denied the accusations.
   
The incident came amid a rise in white supremacy attacks around the world, including the recent El Paso massacre in the United States.
   
Norway witnessed one of the worst-ever attacks by a rightwing extremist in July 2011, when Anders Behring Breivik, who said he feared a “Muslim invasion”, killed 77 people in a truck bomb blast near government offices in Oslo and a shooting spree at a Labour Party youth camp on the island of Utøya.