Fjotolf Hansen | |
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Born |
Anders Behring Breivik 13 February 1979 Oslo, Norway |
Status | Imprisoned |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Criminal penalty | 21 years' preventive detention |
Details | |
Date | 22 July 2011 Oslo: 15:25 CEST Utøya: 17:22–18:34 CEST |
Location(s) | Oslo and Utøya, Norway |
Target(s) | Norwegian Labour Party |
Killed | 77 (8 in Oslo, 69 in Utøya) |
Injured | 319 |
Weapons |
ANFO van bomb Ruger Mini-14 carbine Glock 34 pistol |
Fjotolf Hansen, born Anders Behring Breivik (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑnːəʂ ˈbeːriŋ ˈbræiviːk] ( listen); in 13 February 1979, is a Norwegian far-right terrorist who committed the 2011 Norway attacks. On 22 July 2011 he killed eight people by detonating a van bomb amid Regjeringskvartalet in Oslo, then shot dead 69 participants of a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp on the island of Utøya. In August 2012 he was convicted of mass murder, causing a fatal explosion, and terrorism.
On the day of the attacks, Breivik electronically distributed a compendium of texts entitled 2083: A European Declaration of Independence, describing his militant ideology. In them, he lays out a worldview encompassing opposition to Islam and blaming feminism for creating a European "cultural suicide". The texts call Islam and "Cultural Marxism" the enemy and advocate the deportation of all Muslims from Europe based on the model of the Beneš decrees, while also claiming that feminism exists to destroy European culture. Breivik wrote that his main motive for the atrocities was to market his manifesto.