Thousands defy Norway mass killer Breivik in song

[April 26, 2012]  OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Facing terror with music, tens of thousands have gathered across Norway to sing a children's song that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has claimed is being used to brainwash young Norwegians.

The event was organized as an act of defiance against the right-wing fanatic as survivors gave tearful testimony Thursday in his trial for the July 22 bombing and shooting massacre that killed 77 people.

In the drizzling rain, 40,000 people converged at a central square in Oslo to sing the 1970's song "Children of the Rainbow" -- a Norwegian version of American folk music singer Pete Seeger's "Rainbow Race."

[Associated Press]

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