Terror trial of anti-Muslim killer begins in Norway

The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts today amid worries that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.

After opening statements, Anders Behring Breivik is set to testify for five days, explaining why he set off a bomb in downtown Oslo, killing eight, and then shot to death 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a Labour Party youth camp on Utoya island, outside Oslo.

Since Breivik has confessed to the July 22 attacks — claiming they were necessary to protect Norway from being taken over by Muslims — the key issue that remains unresolved is his mental health.