Police criticised over Breivik massacre

Report of the July 22 Commission in Norway set up to examine the killing of 77 people in Oslo in July 2011 by Anders Behring Breivik. The report issued on the 13 August 2012 said that Norway’s police could have prevented the lethal bombing by Breivik and their 'unacceptable' delays prevented him from being arrested earlier in his subsequent shooting massacre.

The Commission’s report will be followed later in August 2012 by the verdict into the criminal case against Breivik, where the prosecution is seeking to have him declared insane.

ESO: Background information: Twin terror attacks kill 93 in Norway / Killings stir fears of extreme right / Norwegian charged over terror attack http://www.europeansources.info/record/twin-terror-attacks-kill-93-in-norway-killings-stir-fears-of-extreme-right-norwegian-charged-over-terror-attacks/

Norway: 22 July Commission: Report, August 2012 http://22julikommisjonen.no/en/Report

Norway.org, 13.8.12: 22 July Commission’s report http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/top-stories/22-July-Commissions-report-/

BBC News, 13.8.12: Norway police 'could have stopped Breivik sooner' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19241327

France24, 13.8.12: Inquiry faults red tape, slow police response in Oslo attacks http://www.france24.com/en/20120813-inquiry-faults-red-tape-security-slow-police-response-oslo-attacks-anders-breivik-utoeya-norway?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=RSS_public&ns_mchannel=RSS&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20120813_inquiry_faults_red_tape_security_s

Aftenposten, 14.8.12: “We could have stopped Breivik” (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/2521511-we-could-have-stopped-breivik

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