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    Anders Breivik declared insane over Norway terror attacks

    Anders Breivik has been found to have been insane at the time of the Norway terror attacks and suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.

    Psychiatrists Torgeir Husby and Synne Sorheim compiled the report on Breivik after conducting 13 conversations with the self admitted attacker, also reviewing more than 130 hours of police questioning.

    Breivik
    lived in his "own delusional universe where all his thoughts and acts are guided by his delusions," the 240-page report found.

    Public prosecutor Svein Holden said: "They (Husby and Sorheim) conclude that Anders Behring Breivik during a long period of time has developed the mental disorder of paranoid schizophrenia, which has changed him and made him into the person he is today."

    "He believes he is chosen to decide who is to live and who is to die," he added. "Breivik stated that he committed these 'executions' out of love for his people. He describes himself as the most perfect knight since the Second World War."

    Breivik is set to appear on trial on 16 April though the issued report may affect this planned hearing. The conclusion will also have an influence on Breivik's punishment with long term psychiatric care a possibility over long term incarceration.

    The report's findings are not legally binding but hold significance in the upcoming trial.

    Breivik
    admitted to the attacks in Oslo and on Utoya Island on 22 July which claimed 77 lives. He claimed not guilty to the charges after denouncing the Norwegian government for the "mass import of Muslims". He published a 1500 page 'manifesto' just hours before the attack, called "2083: A European Declaration of Independence".

    In it Breivik claimed that he was part of a 12-man right-wing group called 'Knights Templar', founded in London in 2002. Norwegian police said that Breivik said he acted alone in the attacks and that his links across Europe were exaggerated.

     

    537 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 months ago
      Ridiculous ... still perfectly accountable imo.
      • David 5 months ago
        Which is based on what exactly?
      • Dav 5 months ago
        Of course he's accountable. If he's sane he'll serve his sentance and be a free man in x number of years. If he's insane he'll be incarcerated for the rest of his life. Those that think the mental health system is an easy option should think again.
      • mikey 5 months ago
        even if he isn't accountable he still has no place in society and should be disposed of.
    • BRIAN  •  5 months ago
      Paranoid schizophrenic diagnosis could have been given to many of the tyrants throughout ancient and recent history. The question is how can the citizens defend themselves against such madmen who may be a lunatic with a gun or a dictator with his finger on the nuclear trigger?
      • Dark Avenger 5 months ago
        dictator with his finger on the nuclear trigger???? ... like the Americans and the Israelies.... good luck with that
      • PETER O 5 months ago
        Dark A,right.
      • LEE 5 months ago
        I'm sorry but i have to ask.Dark Avenger are you a bit of a racist?
    • JustHowIFeel  •  5 months ago
      You can be very intelligent but still insane!
      • GAREN 5 months ago
        lol @ Nosher
      • Hi Everybody! 5 months ago
        I'm intelligent but still sensible.
      • DEE 5 months ago
        but you're not mentally ill.
    • Jon  •  5 months ago
      There are many here telling Norway how to deal with Breivik. It is up to Norway how it conducts it's legal processes, we wouldn't like foreigners telling us what to do.
      • David 5 months ago
        You're right, we wouldn't like foreigners telling us what to do. Makes you wonder why we put up with the E.U. Commisioners.
      • Jo 5 months ago
        So if he is let out and decides come to the UK, happy holidays!
      • George 5 months ago
        stop being insane by talking like insane people because the doctors who did the mental examination of Breivik are professionals and not insane like anybody who thinks they are wrong and stop being segregative David, the world is one family
    • Ross  •  5 months ago
      He clearly comitted pre meditated acts that took some time and effort to plan and perform. Including becoming a farmer in order to get hold of the nitrate fertileizer to make the explosives. My only concern is that the EU and the western world will not learn from this and start to show some recognition towards the ethnic indigeonus white peoples of northern Europe and not to bend over backwards so much to the muslim and other non western races starting to populate our lands.
      • Jean 5 months ago
        Starting to????
      • sarah 5 months ago
        The rot set in a long timeago here maybe in Norway it's just starting. They breed like rats and once have a foot in the door they leave it firmly wedged open to allow all their stinking families from filthystan to flood in. Anders was clearly mad but his fears for europe and the ethnics pouring in are felt by many sane people.
      • Jean 5 months ago
        Well saId Sarah, you can see this by how many have voted on the e-petition "no to 70 million".
    • Philip  •  5 months ago
      It's a political move so the public don't hear his rationalisation... more than likely.
    • M  •  5 months ago
      What is really scary when you read so many of the comments in Yahoo is the thought that these people have the right to vote and influence our society. Their lack of understanding regarding mental health, consciousness and the spectrum of personality traits is quite shocking.
    • susie  •  5 months ago
      Well what a surprise! so what do we do with him now??? look after him at society's expense for the rest of his life?? what do the victims and families get? yep .... thats right .... nothing!!! Why was no-one aware of this insane creature and the risk to society? or maybe they were .... knights templar .... secret society ..... questions lead to more questions ......
    • douglas  •  5 months ago
      He should have been locked up before he did the murders
    • LeonE  •  5 months ago
      He should get life just for wearing such an appalling jacket.
    • Saturn  •  5 months ago
      What a bunch of nonsense - Planned the whole thing very well though to say he was insane ???
    • PAUL  •  5 months ago
      Bit to convienient really. Whilst decalring him insane also means they don't have to show all the evidence in this case. So we will never have the truth on this terrible episode.
    • alex  •  5 months ago
      Surprise surprise. Very clever. I could of told you that.
    • Lee  •  5 months ago
      So he was insane at the time of the murders they say? He did a really good job at the time for an insane man dont you think? (no pun intended) How many people did he methodically kill one after another after another. That is not insanity in my opinion, it is thinking clearly and methodically. O and now he is not insane? such #$%$
    • JOHN  •  5 months ago
      anyone who disagrees with the liberal establishment is insane then?
    • Robert Hooke  •  5 months ago
      That will stop the Facts being printed then.
    • kennethd  •  5 months ago
      I do not care if he is legally insane he should be done away with.
    • LJ  •  5 months ago
      This is why leaders should be screened before they are given control of a country, and especially it's gold reserves and banking system. Ahem.
    • Arcadia  •  5 months ago
      Those who are upset by Breivik's being considered "insane" should take a moment to ask themselves whether any other sentence (ie: full accountability and trail) would lend credence to his politics being valid. If so; then ask yourself why the powers that be wouldn't want that.
    • Michael  •  5 months ago
      You would have to be insane to go out and kill people the government do not order you to kill and give you a medal for.
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