Norway twin attack suspect 'has accomplices'
MOSCOW. July 26. KAZINFORM The man charged with a bombing and a shooting in Oslo that left several dozen dead has told a court hearing there are "two more cells" working with him. Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
Police are investigating the claims, which were made as Anders Behring Breivik attended a closed court hearing.
Breivik, 32, admitted carrying out a bombing in Oslo that killed seven people, and a mass shooting at a Labor Party youth camp on the nearby island of Utoya.
Police revised downwards on Monday the death toll in the island attack to 68 from 80. The death toll in the bombing rose one to eight, bringing the total number of dead in Europe's bloodiest day since the 2004 Madrid bombings to 76.
Breivik told the court that he "needed to carry out the attacks to save Norway and Western Europe from a Muslim takeover" and his intensions were to give a "strong signal to the people."
Breivik, who was arrested at the scene, was remanded in custody by the court for a further eight weeks. He will spend the first four weeks in total isolation,, with only visits from his lawyer permitted.
Breivik had originally requested that the hearing be open to the public and that he be allowed to wear a military uniform to the arraignment, his lawyer, Geir Lippestad, told local television media. Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version