Breivik sought to persuade the trial that he was sane, insisting that his actions were motivated by a political ideology, and that he was accountable for them.
Having shown little emotion during the trial, Breivik acknowledged that the witness testimony was having an effect on him and said: "Today I feel almost mentally damaged after having heard these testimonies."
He also recalled that Breivik said: "You are not the ones I am targeting. I consider you as brothers. It's a coup: I must save Norway from Islamisation."
The relative screamed at Breivik as he threw the shoe, which missed Breivik, hitting his defence lawyer instead. Members of the public present in the courtroom spontaneously applauded.
At the time, the judge ordered “preventive detention,” a measure reserved for criminals who are seen as dangers to society beyond the length of their sentence. That makes it unlikely that he will ever be released, though Breivik became eligible for parole after having served a decade in prison.
Oslo: One of the five judges in the trial against Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in Norway last year, was caught on camera playing solitaire online during proceedings on Monday.
paranoid schizophreniaAnders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in July 2011. In his first psychiatric evaluation, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and his most implausible beliefs were regarded as bizarre delusions.
Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utøya. He suffered near-fatal injuries after being shot five times, ultimately losing an eye and suffering severe impairment of his motor functions.
SkienThe right-wing extremist was sentenced to a maximum of 21 years in prison — the longest prison sentence possible in Norway — and has since been held in near-isolation in a prison in the city of Skien. Breivik claimed that such conditions are a violation of his human rights.
Utøya is encompassed by the Norwegian "all man's right". This means that everybody can normally visit the island. The island was closed by the police for several months after the massacre, but was made accessible to the public again after April 1st this year.
The true story of the aftermath of Norway's deadliest terrorist attack. On 22 July 2011, 77 people were killed when a far-right extremist detonated a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a leadership camp for teens.
Northern EuropeNorway is a long country located in Northern Europe – with borders to Sweden, Finland and Russia on the east side, and an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean on the west side. Here the climate is wet and mild compared to the east and the north, where winters are colder and longer.
Norwegian police officers described Breivik's arrest, telling the court he had asked for a plaster to cover up a minor cut and later posed like a bodybuilder when he was stripped of his fake police uniform.
He says he wants to be declared to sane to prove he had rational, ideological motives for the killings.
Addressing the court for the first time Wednesday, Breivik listed his complaints about his treatment, drawing scoffs from those in court when he complained about the quality of prison food.
Describing his occupation as “party secretary of political party The Nordic State,” Breivik said he was only surviving the “torture” of isolation because of principles learned from Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.”
On the first day of the case, lawyers for the state pointed out that Breivik had access to three cells in prison, a television, a computer without Internet access and a PlayStation gaming console.