Who is man in custody in Norway carnage?

Police in Norway are questioning a suspect in the worst violence in that nation since World War II.

At least 91 people died in dual attacks Friday - a bomb blast in the capital, Oslo, killed at least seven, and a shooting spree in a youth camp on a nearby island left at least 84 dead.

Norwegian media identify the man arrested after the shootings as 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, a blonde, blue-eyed Norwegian.

Norway's national news agency, NTB, says authorities are probing whether a second person was involved in the rampage in the camp.

CBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate told "Early Show on Saturday Morning" co-anchor Rebecca Jarvis, of the suspect in custody, "Police aren't saying much, but what they are indicating is that this is a right-wing extremist, somebody who has had Internet postings as well as activity online that suggest political views that are right-of-center and certainly, potentially, tied to a militant extremist groups.

"I think we'll learn more in the coming days, as authorities learn more about not only his Internet postings, but his associations. So I think it's just too early to tell exactly what his motivations were."

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Zarate says the sites chosen for the attacks "have political significance. You have sites that are associated with the government of Norway, and also the future of the Labour Party, which was the youth camp.

"So, if this was a politically-motivated attack, which it appears to (have been), then those are significant sites, and he's trying to make some sort of political statement that attacks the status quo and the party that is in power.

"But I think this is in some ways, for Americans, reminiscent of both Oklahoma City and Virginia Tech (historic acts of terrorism carried out by homegrown attackers), and I think in a country like Norway, quite a shocking and horrific set of attacks."

Norway, Jarvis noted, is known for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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KnowerseekerReturns says:: Hm... not sure that I can condemn this guy. He just paid back a little bit of what the Muslims have been doing to us since before 9/11. Honestly, you can't win against brutality by showing mercy; you have to out-brutalize the brutalizer, just like how we had to drop the A-bombs on Japanese civilians to make them give up the war. They were ready to sacrifice every woman and child in suicide bombings if we landed on the shores of Japan, and we had already had a taste of that from Iwo Jima. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?; reply

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FreshxWater says:: Could Breivik have done this to take the media focus off Right Wing Conservative Christian Murdoch/FOX?; reply

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eddiethekid says:

It's unbelievable that this guy could shoot over 100 people all by himself. If he killed over 80, he probably had to shoot a total of over 100 because not eveybody died. He's the king of the lone gunman mass murderers. He made that Korean student at Virginia Tech (I think his name was Kim Il Sung) look like a rank amateur. Sung shot 62, 33 of whom died and 29 of whom were wounded. Acutally, the first of the lone gunman mass murderers in the the United States was a guy named Howard Unruh, who walked down the streets of Camden, New Jersey, in 1949 in what was called the "Walk of Death." He shot 16, 13 of whom died. He also was taken alive and spent the next 60 years in New Jersey mental hospitals. He just died at 80 years old in 2009. Imagine spending 60 years in the nut house. I wonder how long this guy will be in the looney bin.


SunDog8259 replies:: linkicon reporticon emailicon; Yeah, like sheep to the slaughter? Why didn't they fight back -- he was outnumbered over 100 to one? All it would take is one good tool to fix the problem.

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SunDog8259 says:: It's amazing these killers never encounter someone capable of taking them out, like a US Marine and National Guard soldier with all kinds of weapons, survival and martial arts training, beginning in High School. If I was on that island, and I felt my life or the lives of others were being threatened he would not last long. I guess we are in the minority?; reply

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Calendular says:: Our hearts and prayers around the world are with the victims of this shameful, wicked atrocity, and with their families and the grieving people of Norway.

I also want to mention that the suspect who is under arrest has not been convicted at this point in time.; reply

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vielmann says:: Shame that Norway doesn't have the death penalty. This man should be beaten within an inch of his life. He deserves no mercy.; reply

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Watchful123 says:: A powerless form lacking in any way of true expression.

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Since Jesus was not a contestant - I did not vote for Jesus

Even though Barabbas is still the contestent - I am not voting for Barabbas.; reply

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slappy_mcjohnson says:: Evangelicals are all nutcases.

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Stevie851 says:: Christian. Really? Christian?????????? Makes me feel sorry for God. What a lot we are. We do the most horrible things to each other and then say it's the Christian thing to do. COWARD!; reply