The trial of Anders Breivik: The rise and rise of the far right

April 17, 2012

The murder trial of Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik began this week. In court today, the 33-year-old described his killing spree on 22 July last year as ‘the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack committed in Europe since the second world war.’ Breivik bombed government buildings in the the Norwegian capital of Oslo, killing eight people. …