Episode 183 - Anders Breivik: Norway's Nightmare

4 Feb

On 22 July 2011, Anders Breivik sent out thousands of the same email. The subject line read: "The Islamisation of Western Europe and the State of the European Resistance Movements", and attached was his 1500 page manifesto.

He then detonated a bomb in the government quarter of Oslo, before heading to the island of Utøya, where he would become Norway's worst mass murderer - after taking the lives of 77 people, mainly teenagers.

In this episode, Hannah and Suruthi take a look at the childhood and life that led Anders Breivik to carry out one of the worst European terror attacks of the last decade.

Sources:

Bangstad, Sindre. Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia

Seierstad, Asne. One of Us

Anders Breivik massacre: Norway’s worst nightmare | Anders Breivik | The Guardian

Utøya survivor: Anders Breivik massacre films 'don't tell full story' | Paul Greengrass | The Guardian

Norway attacks: a survivor's account of the Utøya massacre | Norway | The Guardian

The trouble with two movies about the Utøya massacre (irishtimes.com)

Dear Christchurch, Breivik's trial showed us extremist ideas struggle in the light | Christchurch shooting | The Guardian

Mass murderer Breivik to apply for parole - report | Reuters

Anders Breivik: Extreme Beliefs Mistaken for Psychosis | Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (jaapl.org)

Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer' - BBC News

Anders Breivik: Just how cushy are Norwegian prisons? - BBC News