Norway gunman 'surrendered immediately'

Anders Behring Breivik ended his killing spree the moment police approached him, authorities said today, handing himself over with his hands raised high above his head.

Anders Behring Breivik ended his killing spree the moment police approached him, authorities said today, handing himself over with his hands raised high above his head.

"If he had come closer or taken longer, he would have been shot," said Anders Snortheimsmoen, the head of the anti-terror unit that arrested him.

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