Attacks in Norway: the video game, eternal scapegoat killings

"This is a dominant feature in these murderers. They are fascinated by violent video games like World of Warcraft. These games consumed in high doses cause desensitization compared to the crime." For Stéphane Bourgoin, author of a survey of serial killers, the case is heard: in the double attack Norwegian, violent video games have been instrumental in the passage to the act of Anders Breivik Behring, the prime suspect the bombing and the shooting victims who made 76 in Oslo and on the island near the Norwegian capital. Interpretation adopted by several media in recent days.

"This is a classic, since the massacre in Littleton," irritated Mauco Olivier, CNRS researcher and expert on the relationship between video game and society. Subject of a documentary by Michael Moore, Bowling for Columbine, a shooting in a high school in the city of Colorado in 1999 sparked worldwide controversy about the impact of video games on adolescents. "At the time, Bill Clinton accused the game, but what is often forgotten is that he also called for an investigation in Congress to measure the impact of games on youth violence. And Congress had found no links between cause and effect. "

Like millions of other Europeans, Anders Breivik Behring loves video games. In his manifesto of 1500 pages, published on the Internet, he mentions some of his favorite games in a log book for the preparation of two attacks: Bioshock 2, Fallout 3, World of Warcraft, Dragon Age, and Modern Warfare 2. The latter, he writes that he "is probably the best military simulation market, and one of the best games of the year. [...] I see especially Modern Warfare 2 as part of my training. "

In Norway, the suspect in court

Anders Breivik has admitted killing 93 people.

The suspect in the attacks that have bloodied Norway will be presented to 13 hours to a judge for a decision on his provisional detention. The appearance of Anders Breivik will be held in camera.

The appearance of Behring Anders Breivik, who admitted being the author of the carnage that has killed 93 in Norway Friday, will be held in camera at 1:00 p.m. in accordance with the wishes of the police, said a court official. More than 100 journalists had gathered in front of the courtroom inside the court, reported an AFP journalist.

Norwegian police will ask exceptionally eight weeks of detention against Behring Anders Breivik, the suspect in Friday's carnage, in his first appearance before a judge today, said the Oslo City Court.

"The prosecutor will ask eight weeks of temporary detention for Behring Anders Breivik," the court said in a statement. "The prosecutor will also request that the hearing be held in camera," says the same source.

Typically, the maximum duration of remand in custody in Norway is renewable for four weeks at the end of this period, but in special circumstances, also renewable eight weeks may be required, said a spokesman for the police , Viola Bjelland.

Suspected of having perpetrated the two attacks that have killed 93 in Oslo and on the island of Utoeya Friday, Behring Breivik is scheduled to appear before a judge at 13.00. The young man of 32 years for his part wishes that the hearing be public and can present themselves in uniform, his lawyer said Sunday night.

"He has two wishes: first, that the hearing be public and the second is that it can be dressed in uniform," said the lawyer, Geir Lippestad, television NRK, saying they did not know " what uniform it is. "

The judge will rule first on whether the public nature of the hearing, then the pre-trial detention. At present, Anders Breivik Behring has the status of suspect and, according to the Norwegian judicial system, will not be charged until after the police investigation. Anders Breivik Behring, the suspect of the attacks that have bloodied Norway Friday, will be presented Monday to a judge for a decision on his detention on remand, Norwegian police said Sunday.

"The suspect will be presented tomorrow (Monday) before a court to remand in custody," said Commissioner Sveinung Sponheim of the Oslo police, during a press briefing.

According to the Norwegian court proceedings, the judge may decide a provisional detention for up to four weeks, which may be renewed as part of a new hearing at the end of the first period.

He will return as the judge to decide whether the hearing will be open to the public or not, said Sveinung Sponheim.

Currently, Anders Breivik Behring has the status of suspect and, according to the Norwegian judicial system, will not be charged until after the police investigation.

Police said no yet know the motives of the suspect, who admitted the facts alleged against him.

According to the latest report from the police, 93 people died in the massacre at the gun of young Labour gathered on the island of Utoeya, near Oslo, and the explosion shortly before a bomb near the headquarters of the Norwegian government.

(From Reuters)

Bomb blast in oslo norway

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Bomb blast in Oslo

A massive explosion took place in one of the main government offices in Oslo, Norway.

Oslo bomb attack - after the blast

Amateur footage captures the eerie moments direct after a blast hits central Oslo, wrecking the Office of the Prime Minister, and setting fires in the Norwegian Oil Ministry opposite. Many people have been reported killed.

Death toll rises Norway

Eighty-seven people were killed and injured in the attacks, which targeted Friday amid Oslo and its neighboring island, amid reports about the involvement of the right Norwegian been turned in two incidents that convictions wide international scope.

The spokesman for the Norwegian police said Saturday that at least 87 people were killed in two attacks targeted a youth camp on the island near the capital Oslo, a building close to the prime minister's headquarters in the heart of the capital.

According to police spokesman, eightieth people were killed in the attack which targeted a youth camp for the ruling Labour Party on the island of Otoya near Oslo, when the gunman was wearing a police uniform opened fire randomly on the camp, amid a high possibility that the death toll.

The Al-Jazeera correspondent in Oslo Ammar Hamdan that the bad weather hinders the process of lifting and restricting the number of deaths in the camp amid a high possibility that the number rises to one hundred people.

Capture port
The media quoted local witnesses as the gunman Norwegian birth, nationality and belongs to a right-wing extremist groups, while others said that a large number of camp participants were seen jumping in the water or take refuge in buildings or even to flee to the nearby forest.

The authorities after the shooting stopped sending teams to rescue the survivors to reach a helicopter accompanied the exploring the place by air.

Police arrested the gunman who is believed to link him to the bombing, which occurred near the headquarters of the Prime Minister in Oslo, and found the explosives failed to explode on the island of Otoya northwest of Oslo.

Bombing of Oslo
And on the bombing, which occurred near a government compound in the heart of the capital, Oslo, police said seven people were killed and several others were injured in a bomb blast occurred a few hours before the attack on the island of Otoya, giving the impression that the two incidents were linked to each other.

And canceled the warning from the authorities concerned not to wander in Oslo and reduced security around sensitive buildings had been seen many soldiers alert in the number of guns from the streets until the early hours of this morning.

The explosion caused the crash of windows of the headquarters building of the Prime Minister and other damage to the Ministries of Finance and Oil, however, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was not in the building when the accident occurred.

Commenting on the attacks, the prime minister said at a news conference that the attacks "will not Arhba the government nor the ruling party", avoiding at the same time charged to a specific destination.

The extreme right
The sources described the policy and media Norwegian attacks that they were the largest since World War II as seen from other sources that the two incidents demonstrate and unequivocally on the return of extreme right groups in Norway to be brought to military action, especially with the growing debate on the issue of immigration and foreigners in a number of European countries.

Came the first international reaction from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and described the Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen attacks heinous crime, while calling for U.S. President Barack Obama, the international community to strengthen cooperation to combat terrorism at a news conference with Prime Minister New Zealand, John Kay, who is currently visiting Washington.

For his part, Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon expressed shock and condemnation of offensive Norway, offered his condolences to the families of the victims.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies

More than 90 killed in two attacks in oslo norway

Norway is in shock, Saturday, July 23, after the death of more than 90 people in two bloody attacks that took place Friday. "Not since the Second World War, our country had been hit by a crime of this magnitude," said Saturday the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, calling the attacks a "national tragedy".

A balance always provisional. Friday afternoon in Oslo, one bomb devastated a neighborhood home to the Prime Minister's Office, who was not there at the time of the explosion, killing at least seven people, police said. Soon after, a man broke into a gathering of young supporters of the Labour Party, in power on the island of Utoya near the capital. Disguised as a police officer and claiming to want to ensure the safety of participants after the explosion of Oslo, he fired into the crowd, killing at least 84 dead according to the latest figures provided by police Saturday.

"A Utoya, we continue the search for possible victims in the waters [the lake]. In Oslo, saw the explosion and the impact it had, we are not certain that the outcome is final," he said Deputy Director of the Norwegian police.

Suspect charged. A suspect was arrested Friday night after the shooting, was indicted for the massacre on the island of Utoya but also for the bombing of Oslo, a Norwegian police said Saturday. The police said the suspect is a Norwegian "strain" 32 years old. Based on searches and research activities including the Internet, the investigators present him as a "Christian fundamentalist". The items posted by the suspect on the Internet suggest that "it has some features political leaning to the right and anti-Muslim but it is too early to say whether this was a reason for his action," the police commissioner Sveinung Sponheim.

For the purposes of the investigation, but police refused to disclose the name of the suspect, identified by the Norwegian media as Behring Anders Breivik. On his profile on Facebook, the man with the blond hair mid-length self-described "conservative" "Christian", single, interested in hunting and games like "World of Warcraft" and "Modern Warfare 2" .

Concerted attacks. The bombing and the shooting appears to be a concerted attack to hit the Scandinavian kingdom in the heart. Investigators suspect are responsible for both events but they do not rule out further arrests, said the deputy director of the Norwegian police.

Heard for miles around, the explosion in Oslo blew the windows of the office of Prime Minister Brown and the imposing tower was damaged on all fronts, allowing literally see right through the building. The images of Norwegian television showed completely disfigured buildings, sidewalks littered with broken glass, smoke rising from the area, many ambulances and wounded bleeding.

The police quickly cordoned off the area where a black car was on the side and where the alarms of buildings devastated in the air screaming while firefighters tried to contain a fire. A spokesman for the police quickly called the people of Oslo to "avoid large gatherings" and go home. "Dozens" of people were hospitalized for injuries of varying severity, he said. Police dogs spent combing the neighborhood looking for other possible explosives in a landscape of desolation.



A Utoya, explosives, explosive ordnance were also found, police said. Witnesses said the suspect, who was at the time of his arrest a pull stamped with the initials of the police, firing randomly while progressing on the small wooded island and tourism. As the shots rang out, panicked young desperate shelter, some fleeing into the woods, others diving into the lake. In the night, boats aided by helicopters searched for survivors in the water or on the lake, swept by the light of headlamps.