Anders Behring Breivik

Anders Behring Breivik

Fjotolf Hansen (born 13 February 1979), better known by his former name Anders Behring Breivik (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂nːəʂ ˈbêːrɪŋ ˈbræ̂ɪviːk] (listen)) and by his pseudonym Andrew Berwick, is a Norwegian far-right domestic terrorist who committed the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July 2011. On that day, he killed eight people by detonating a van bomb at Regjeringskvartalet in Oslo, then killed 69 participants of a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp in a mass shooting on the island of Utøya.Breivik's trial was held in 2012. In July 2012, he was convicted of mass murder, causing a fatal explosion, and terrorism. He was found sane and guilty of murdering 77 people. He was sentenced to 21 years in prison, in a form of preventive detention that required a minimum of 10 years incarceration and the possibility of one or more extensions for as long as he is deemed a danger to society. This is the maximum penalty in Norway. Breivik announced that he did not recognize the legitimacy of the court and therefore did not accept its decision—he decided not to appeal, saying this would legitimize the authority of the Oslo District Court.At the age of 16 he was arrested for spraying graffiti on walls; he was not chosen for conscription into the Norwegian Armed Forces. At the age of 20, he joined the anti-immigration/right-wing Progress Party, and chaired the local Vest Oslo branch of the party's youth organization in 2002. He joined a gun club in 2005. He left the Progress Party in 2006. A company he founded was later declared bankrupt. He had no declared income in 2009 and his assets were 390,000 kroner (equivalent to $72,063), according to Norwegian tax authority figures. He financed the terror attacks with an out of pocket total of €130,000; nine credit cards gave him access

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