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 |  Subject: Statist manipulation begins: Norway Prosecutor Wants Court Closed From Start  Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:31 am | |
| A spokesman for the Oslo district court says that a judge has decided to hold the arraignment for the suspect in the twin attacks in Norway behind closed doors.
Spokesman Tage Borochstein told The Associated Press that the judge made the decision on a request from police.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The man who confessed to the twin attacks that killed 93 people in Norway will be arraigned in court Monday and has requested an open hearing for his first appearance so that he can explain his massacre to the public.
In an extraordinary measure, however, a Norwegian judge is considering a motion from the prosecution to close the court before the hearing even starts. Typically, a judge makes a decision about whether to close a hearing while in open court.
It's clear from a manifesto suspect Anders Behring Breivik published online to describe the planning and motivation of the attacks that he's looking for a platform for air his belief that Europe must be saved from Muslim colonization; he has said that the killings themselves were "marketing" for the manifesto.
His lawyer Geir Lippestad told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that Breivik has requested to appear in uniform during the hearing, but didn't know what kind.
In the document, Breivik describes how he would turn the court appearance into theater.
Prosecutors have asked that the 32-year-old suspect be held for eight weeks, said Oslo District Court spokeswoman Irene Ramm.
Breivik has confessed he was behind the bombing in downtown Oslo and shooting massacre at a youth camp outside the capital, but denies criminal responsibility. In his manifesto and comments to his lawyer, he has said he wanted 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.
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.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg led the reeling 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.
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.
But the flag on the courthouse where Breivik will appear remained at half staff, and the world's media was buzzing around the building.
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.
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.
More: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=14149698
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