Anders Behring Breivik First Arrested Suspect of Norway Dual Attack

First suspect of Oslo Bombing and Shooting
Anders Behring Breivik

Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian was arrested by Police authorities on the island of Utoya, the place in which the second attacked happened two hours after Oslo bombing. The authorities have considered him as one of the suspect of the deadliest attacked ever happened on the Scandinavian country. The latest death tolls were recorded at 87 deaths, 80 from Utoya and 7 from the capital Oslo as reported by CNN.

The first suspect that was arrested by Norwegian authorities were described by Justice Minister Knut Storberget was a right-wing extremists citing writings from the Facebook page of Anders Behring Breivik. Police officer Sveinung Sponheim have also confirmed that the suspect have no ties to any Islamic extremists according to a report posted by The New York Times.

Suspect Anders Behring Breivik was also present during the bombing on a government building in Oslo, after two hours he was then spotted at the island of Utoya where the Youth Camp was held and the largest number of victims were retrieved.

According to the accounts of Police authorities the suspect owned a farmed-related business in Rena, allowing him to order large quantities of ammonion nitrates fertilizers, a primary ingredients in making deadly explosives. Officials were still under investigation whether the chemicals were used on the bombing.

The first arrested suspect on the twin attacked on Norway have posted several messages on Facebook and on Twitter about his ideology. He stated on his twitter account and was quoted as “One person with a belief is equal to the force of 100,000 who have only interests.” stated Breivik.

Other details that was posted on the social media accounts of the suspects were also being obtained by the authorities. The suspect listed his religion as a Christian and politics as conservative. According to a Facebook page that matched the picture of the suspect, Breivik listed his favorite books as “The Prince” by Machiavelli and “1984” by Orwell.

The suspect that was arrested by Norwegian authorities ruled out the possibilities of an international terrorists attacked on Norway, this was according to the report posted by ABC News. had also put the death toll at 87. The Justice Minister of Norway Knut Storberget was cited on a news conference after the deadly twin attacked on Norway.

Justice Minister Knut Storberget was quoted as saying “We know that he is Norwegian. That is what we know. I don’t think it’s right from my position to go into details about him.” said the Justice Minister. ABC News had also confirmed the death toll of the dual attacked on Norway reaching 87 in which 80 deaths from the island and 7 from the mainland Oslo.

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