Anders Breivik is ‘still dangerous’ and should not be released, Norweigan court told

Breivik is serving Norway’s maximum 21-year sentence for setting off a bomb in Oslo’s government district and carrying out a shooting massacre at a summer camp for left-wing youth activists
Anders Breivik is ‘still dangerous’ and should not be released, Norweigan court told

Terrorist Anders Breivik is applying for parole after serving 10 years of a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people. Picture: Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB scanpix via AP

A prosecutor in Norway has said that a far-right extremist who killed 77 people in 2011 still is “a very dangerous man” and therefore a poor candidate for release after 10 years in prison, as Norwegian law permits.

On the final day of a three-day parole hearing on Thursday, prosecutor Hulda Karlsdottir said in her closing argument that Anders Behring Breivik “has not shown any genuine remorse in court” and his behaviour there is part of a “PR stunt”.

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