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Mette Yvonne Larsen, a lawyer representing victim's families, also interrupted Breivik, saying she was getting complaints from victims who were concerned that the defendant was turning the trial into a platform to profess his extremist views. Her remarks prompted the judge to again urge Breivik to wrap it up. Breivik replied if he wasn't allowed to continue, he might not speak at all. He warned that Europe was heading toward a civil war between "nationalists and internationalists" and praised others suspected of right-wing extremist attacks in Europe. They included Peter Mangs,
a Swede suspected of a string of shootings against immigrants in 2010 and
three Germans -- Uwe Boehnhardt, Uwe Mundlos and Beate Zschaepe -- suspected in the killings of eight people of Turkish origin, a Greek man, and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007. On Monday, Breivik rejected the authority of the court, calling it a vehicle of the "multiculturalist" political parties in power in Norway. He confessed to the "acts" that caused the 77 deaths but pleaded not guilty. Even his lawyers concede his defense is unlikely to succeed, and they said the main thing for them was to convince the court that Breivik is not insane. One official psychiatric examination found him legally insane, while another reached the opposite conclusion. It is up to the panel to decide whether to send him to prison or compulsory psychiatric care.
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