Anders Behring Breivik is on trial on terror and murder charges. He's behind a bomb-and-shooting massacre that killed 77 people, he admits to the acts, but pleads not guilty to criminal charges. Anders Breivik showed no emotion as the prosecutor read out the horrific details of his victims' deaths in Norway. Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has won his case against the Norwegian state, asserting that his confinement violates Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Oslo court ruled that Breivik was being kept in “inhuman or degrading” conditions and the Scandinavian. The long-awaited trial of right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who massacred 77 people in twin attacks in Norway last July, opens on Monday with proceedings set to focus. Anders Behring Breivik smiles at his counsel at the start of the second day of his trial. Breivik, who killed eight people in a bomb. On the last day of his trial, Anders Behring Breivik's defense lawyers on Friday tried to cast the confessed mass killer as a political militant motivated by an extreme right-wing ideology rather than a delusional madman who killed 77 people for the sake of killing. Anders Breivik pleads not guilty at Norway murder trial. The man who carried out bomb and gun attacks in Norway last year which left 7. Oslo. Anders Behring Breivik attacked a youth camp organised by the governing Labour party on the island of Utoeya, after setting off a car bomb in the capital. He told the court he . More than 5. 0 gunshots and screaming could be heard in the background. Breivik remained seemingly unmoved throughout. Yet earlier he broke down in tears as the prosecution screened his own propaganda video, which he posted online shortly before his attacks. A report from Norwegian TV2 said that by reading his lips he appeared to tell one of his defence team that . Breivik also showed emotion as the prosecution showed illustrations and video from the car bomb attack in Oslo city centre. While victims and their families cried as the blast could be seen, Breivik smiled on several occasions.'Self- defence'Dressed in a dark suit, Breivik smiled as he entered the courtroom and a guard removed his handcuffs. He then gave a closed- fist salute. He later told the lead judge, Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen: . You have received your mandate from political parties which support multiculturalism. She said the attacks . In the car bombing outside government buildings in Oslo, eight people were killed and 2. He killed 6. 7 people and wounded 3. Utoeya. A further two people died by falling or drowning. At a court hearing in February, Breivik said his killing spree was . As it concluded, he could be seen wiping tears from his eyes. Later, previously unreleased surveillance footage of the Oslo bombing was shown. Some of the survivors and relatives of those killed reportedly gasped after footage was played of Breivik's explosives- packed vehicle exploding, followed by scenes of panic as people fled and pieces of metal fell to the ground. But the defendant was impassive, and at times even smirked. The court later adjourned for the day. At a news conference following the adjournment, Mr Lippestad said Breivik considered he was at war and therefore felt he should be tried by a military tribunal. Asked about Breivik's tears during the first day, he said . Breivik is scheduled to take the stand for about a week, starting on Tuesday. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Oslo says that with Breivik not expected to express any remorse for his actions, his trial promises to be an ordeal for the families of those killed and for those who survived. Jorid Nordmelan, a survivor of the Utoeya massacre, told the BBC she would be in court to hear Breivik testify. Glass partitions have been put up to separate the victims and their families from Breivik. BBC News - In pictures: Breivik trial.
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