Yahoo News Killer Breivik Complains About His Trauma
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik had to be stopped from talking several times by the judge in his trial, as he compared his victims' pain to his trauma over the country's immigration.
He wanted to comment on the evidence from two trauma experts describing how difficult life has become for survivors and their families after the 2010 terror attacks.
Breivik thought there was another side to the story, saying: "Shame they neglect the trauma of gradually being robbed of one's ethnical culture, one's religion and one's people without being able to stop it."
The killer was referring to the fight he believes he is leading on behalf of the Norwegian people to save the country from a Muslim invasion.
In an authoritative voice, the judge, Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, stopped him several times, pointing out that this was not part of the experts' mandate.
Breivik was allowed to finish his comments while people in the public gallery left in protest.
He got the last word before court was adjourned on day 41 of the 43-day trial in the capital Oslo.
Earlier on the last day of witnesses, the court heard from a husband who lost his wife in a bomb explosion at a government building where eight people were killed.
The court also heard from the mother of a 21-year-old Labour youth shot by Breivik on the summer camp on Utoya island during an attack in which 69 people died.
These witnesses brought the focus back on the people affected by the horrific events of July 22, on the last day of ordinary court proceedings.
Breivik, who has admitted the twin attacks, said he targeted the Labour Party because it supported immigration and his young victims - most of whom he shot in the head from close range - because they were political activists.
On Thursday, the state prosecutor will present its closing statements.
Most commentators seem to believe they will stick to their original indictment and ask for Breivik to be declared 'insane' and transferred to compulsory mental health care for treatment.
Breivik's defence team will on Friday ask for him to be declared of sound mind, even though it means an indeterminate prison sentence.
