The Norwegian extremist Anders Breivik Behring seems to have committed alone the deadly attacks on July 22, according to the current investigation, Norwegian police said Saturday, adding, on the other hand, that he conceals information that might lead to other people.
“We strive to identify anyone who could have cooperated with him. Everything so far suggests that he acted alone. We will interrogate him again early next week”, said the chief of investigators, Christian Hatlo. He added that it is too early to exclude the possibility that the author that claimed the attacks have been aided by other people.
“Everything indicates that he was alone during the facts. We’re trying to find out if he could have bought something illegal and if those who have sold him the equipment were aware of his intentions”, he said.
According to Hatlo, police know that Behring Breivik, aged 32 years, is hiding information.
Police will also closely examine his finances. Behring Breivik said he raised significant sums of cash and “police will have to check if it is true that he could have raised so much money”, said Hatlo.
Christian Hatlo added that a Norwegian extreme right blogger, which Breivik considered his “favorite contemporary author”, is considered a witness in the investigation and his computer is being examined.
On July 22, Anders Breivik Behring has committed an attack with a car bomb near government headquarters in central Oslo, killing eight people.
Several hours later, he committed an armed attack on an island near the capital, where a meeting of the Labour Youth was held, killing 69 other people, mostly teenagers.
He is held in isolation at a maximum security prison near Oslo.
Police interrogated him three times since his arrest on the day of the attacks, for a total time of 30 hours, according to a Norwegian radio station.
Breivik Behring considers himself a “crusader” who wants to trigger a war against Islam and multiculturalism in Europe. He described his actions as “cruel but necessary”.