Post date: Aug 04, 2011 4:0:6 PM
Norwegian police are looking into mass killer Breivik's travel and into companies that may have provided financing. They say Breivik is not coping well in isolation.
OSLO, NORWAY (AUGUST 4, 2011) REUTERS - Oslo police prosecutor, Christian Hatlo, on Thursday (August 4) said 10 hours of questioning had revealed little fresh information from killer Anders Behring Breivik, but they were following a trail of possible financing via tax havens and foreign companies.
Hatlo said 32-year-old Breivik told police he was alone during the July 22 attacks in which he killed 77 people."He told about his travelling abroad, his firms, companies that he has had some connection with, we have to check that out," Hatlo said, following a police news conference in Oslo.
A specially created police unit will conduct the investigation, the biggest in Norway's history, into all aspects of the July 22 bombing in Oslo and the shooting spree on nearby Utoeya island.
Some of the 100 investigators now on the case are checking whether Breivik had financial help and are seeking clues in Bermuda, Antigua-and-Barbuda and other off-shore tax havens.
In a manifesto, Breivik boasted that he earned 4 million crowns (743,200 USD) for his plot by 2005 and channelled some through the Caribbean and eastern Europe before losing about half in stock market speculation by 2008.
Oslo police said they were collaborating with authorities in United States, Britain and other Nordic countries.
Norwegian media, quoting Breivik's court-appointed defender, Geir Lippestad, said Breivik has posed outlandish demands as a condition for saying more about like-minded "cells" he claimed existed in Europe.
The demands reportedly include a televised appearance and the resignation of Norway's government.
"I can confirm he has some crazy demands that you can't take seriously," said Hatlo. "He also has had one demand that he have a computer in his cell, and he will get that," Hatlo said adding that Breivik will not be given Internet access.
Hatlo also said Breivik has not flinched from the "calm" demeanour he has exhibited since the attack, but that he was unhappy in isolation.
"No. he is pretty much the same (answering reporter question whether mask has fallen away). The only thing he said, is, he is struggling with his isolation in his cell, that he is alone all the time," Hatlo said.
Breivik still refuses to answer questions over people he might have bought anything illegal from.
Police have downplayed the likelihood of a network of violent extremists like Breivik, but made little progress towards further ruling out the possibility in the latest round of questioning.