Norwegian court rejects mass killer Anders Breivik’s parole request

Anders Breivik (Lise Aaserud/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)

A Norwegian court has ruled that far-right extremist Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, must remain in prison, saying there remains “an obvious risk” he could return to behaviour that led up to the massacre.

Last month, Breivik faced a parole hearing before the three-judge Telemark District Court where he professed white supremacist views and flashed Nazi salutes on the hearing’s opening day, while claiming to have renounced violence.