[h=3]By KJETIL MALKENES HOVLAND[/h]OSLO—Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was sentenced by Oslo District Court judges to 21 years of preventive detention for his twin terror attacks where 77 people died in Oslo and on Utoya island on July 22, 2011.
European Pressphoto AgencyAnders Behring Breivik arrives at the court room in Oslo on Friday.
Surrounding him in the courtroom were some of Mr. Breivik's victims, as well as mothers, fathers and siblings of those he killed. Much of the nation was watching the sentence on live television.
The sentence means that Mr. Breivik is regarded to have been sane at the time of attacks, which was the main outstanding question in the recent ten-week trial against him. He has openly admitted to his acts, claiming to be a right-wing political terrorist.
"The decision is unanimous," said judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, who read the verdict's conclusion Friday morning.
Mr. Breivik will be kept under lock and key at Ila prison outside of Oslo, which has 67 places for preventive detention.
Mr. Breivik has been under detention at Ila under a regime of Particular High Security for a year, and has access to three cells, for sleeping, physical exercise and reading and writing.
Mr. Breivik, now 33 years old, killed eight people with a car bomb and 69 people died in his shooting spree on Utoya 40 kilometers to the northeast a year ago. Mr. Breivik said he did it in self-defense, to protect what he perceived as Norwegian culture against the influence from immigrants.
European Pressphoto AgencyAnders Behring Breivik arrives at the court room in Oslo on Friday.
Surrounding him in the courtroom were some of Mr. Breivik's victims, as well as mothers, fathers and siblings of those he killed. Much of the nation was watching the sentence on live television.
The sentence means that Mr. Breivik is regarded to have been sane at the time of attacks, which was the main outstanding question in the recent ten-week trial against him. He has openly admitted to his acts, claiming to be a right-wing political terrorist.
"The decision is unanimous," said judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, who read the verdict's conclusion Friday morning.
Mr. Breivik will be kept under lock and key at Ila prison outside of Oslo, which has 67 places for preventive detention.
Mr. Breivik has been under detention at Ila under a regime of Particular High Security for a year, and has access to three cells, for sleeping, physical exercise and reading and writing.
Mr. Breivik, now 33 years old, killed eight people with a car bomb and 69 people died in his shooting spree on Utoya 40 kilometers to the northeast a year ago. Mr. Breivik said he did it in self-defense, to protect what he perceived as Norwegian culture against the influence from immigrants.