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The man behind the deadly twin attacks in Norway on July 22 wants a Japanese psychiatrist to carry out his psychological evaluation, his lawyer was quoted as saying today.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

“My client has expressed a wish for a Japanese expert.<\/strong> This wish has to do with the concept of honor. He believes that a Japanese person will understand him better than someone from Europe,” defense lawyer Geir Lippestad told financial daily Dagens Naeringsliv.<\/p>\n

Two Norwegian psychiatrists have been tasked with evaluating the mental state of 32-year-old rightwing extremist and confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik.<\/p>\n

They are set to make their recommendation by November 1 of whether he is sane enough to be tried for the attacks that killed 77 people and injured dozens of others.<\/p>\n

Thomas Hegghammer, a Norwegian expert on terrorism and Islamic extremism, told AFP in a recent interview that Behring Breivik’s 1,500-page manifesto detailing his “crusade” against a “Muslim invasion” of Europe, showed he was fascinated by the Japanese and Korean cultures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to existing laws, he could be sentenced to up to 21 years behind bars if found guilty of “terrorism,” although the sentence could be stretched to 30 years if he is also found guilty of “crimes against humanity.”<\/p>\n

On the afternoon of July 22, Behring Breivik first bombed government offices in Oslo, killing eight people<\/strong>, before going on an 80-minute shooting rampage on the nearby island of Utoeya, where the ruling Labour Party was holding a youth summer camp, killing another 69 people, most of them teenagers.<\/p>\n

Source – AFP<\/em>
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