Breivik sees self as ‘some kind of saviour’

MASSACRE gunman Anders Breivik is insane and appears to have no idea of the worldwide revulsion at his acts, his lawyer has said.

Geir Lippestrad spoke after talking in jail to Breivik who told him he thought his “operation” was going to plan and asked how many people he had killed. It came as police named four of Breivik’s victims, the first to be identified. They were Gunnar Linaker, 23, from Bardu in northern Norway, who was killed at the camp; and Oslo residents Tove Aashill Knutsen, 56; Hanna M Orvik Endresen, 61; and Kai Hauge, 33.

Linaker’s father said that Gunnar was “a calm, big teddy bear with lots of humour and lots of love.”

Linaker said he had been on the phone with his son concerning another matter when the shooting started.

“He said to me: ‘Dad, dad, someone is shooting,’ and then he hung up.”

There has been a focus on identifying the dead since authorities lowered the death toll, apparently as they had counted 18 bodies twice. They initially said 86 people died on the island, but now the figure is 68.

Meanwhile, Breivik’s lawyer revealed his client took drugs to be “strong, efficient and awake” before launching his Oslo bomb attack and island shooting rampage that together killed 76 people.

Mr Lippestrad described Breivik, 32, as a “very cold” person who described the attacks as necessary because he was in a state of war.

Breivik has confessed to the attacks but pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges, claiming he acted to save Europe from what he says is Muslim colonisation.

Mr Lippestad said he did not answer Breivik’s question about the death toll.

“He asked me if was if I was shocked and if I could explain to him what happened,” Mr Lippestad said.

“He didn’t know if he had succeeded with his plan.”

But Mr Lippestad said Breivik felt the operation was going as planned and had assumed he would have been stopped by the police sooner than he was. About 90 minutes into his rampage, a SWAT team reached him and he surrendered.

The attacks began with a bombing outside the building that houses the prime minister’s office in Oslo. Then, Breivik opened fire on an island retreat for the youth wing of the Labour Party, leaving dozens dead and hundreds scrambling to escape, many diving into the water to try to swim away.

While Breivik says he acted alone, and police believe he did not have any accomplices, he claimed that several cells of his terror organisation exist abroad, as well as two in Norway.

Breivik has been charged with acts of terrorism, but Mr Lippestad said he could also be charged with crimes against humanity.

While the stiffest sentence in Norway is 21 years, the lawyer said he would never be set free. “His reason (for the attacks) is that he wants to start a war against democracy, against the Muslims in the world, and as he said he wants to liberate Europe and the Western world.”

Asked how Breivik sees himself, he said: “As a saviour, some kind of saviour.”

Two psychiatric experts will evaluate Breivik to determine if he is mentally ill, said Mr Lippestad, who said it was too early to say if that will be his defence.

“This whole case has indicated that he’s insane