Post date: Aug 26, 2012 12:23:10 PM
Norway-Extremism -- Tighter internet control to prevent violent extremism: Norwegian minister
CCTV BEIJING - Norway will release new policies to fight against violent extremism, including stricter internet supervision, according to the country's justice minister after mass killer Anders Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison in Oslo on Friday.
The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Police is planning to establish a public security center which will be on duty around the clock and release long term anti-terrorism measures to prevent cases like the mass killing by Breivik.
"Violent extremism is of course a key concern to our police, and it is also one of the factors in our prevention plan. We are working hard on how to prevent violent extremism and we do our work together with both schools and public institutions and the civil society and that is long term prevention. And then of course to our security police, prevention is also important, so we are also discussing whether our security police would need new tools to fight violent extremism and prevent that from happening," Norwegian Justice Minister Grete Faremo said.
Breivik put his views online and also bought materials for making explosives through the internet, but related departments in the country did not pay enough attention.
"We have decided to implement the directive that the EU has already decided regarding fighting serious crime through allowing more access to information for the police but under strict court control. And we are working on several of these issues as I said, and prepare to come back to parliament next year," Faremo said.
On a so-called mission to expel Muslims from Europe, Breivik, a 33-year-old Norwegian, set off a car bomb that killed eight people outside government headquarters in Oslo on July 22, 2011 and he then went on to kill 69 others in a shooting rampage on Utoeya Island, where young members of the governing Labor Party had gathered for their annual summer camp.
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