THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Anders Behring Breivik, the killer who carried out Norway's biggest peacetime massacre, has been denied permission to attend the funeral of his mother.
Breivik, a 34-year-old right-wing extremist who is serving a 21-year jail sentence for killing 77 people in twin attacks in July 2011, is being held under strict prison conditions.
Officials at the high-security Ila prison near Oslo decided to extend his strict security regimen when it came up for review Tuesday, and denied his request to attend the funeral, his lawyer Tord Jordet said.
Wenche Behring Breivik, who died last week aged 66, had shunned the spotlight after her son's attacks. She appeared to be the person closest to him, and he had described her as his "Achilles heel". » | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday, March 26, 2013
