Breivik gives Nazi salute as human rights case starts

Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in 2011, made a Nazi salute as he arrived in court for his human rights case against the Norwegian government.

As soon as prison guards removed his handcuffs, the 37-year-old turned to journalists and stretched out his right arm in a Nazi salute.

Breivik is suing the government, alleging it has violated the European Convention on Human Rights by holding him in isolation in Skien prison, about 90 kilometres south-west of Oslo.