By November 1st, court-appointed psychiatrists are scheduled to make their recommendation as to whether Anders Behring Brievik is sane enough to be tried for murdering 77 people last month in Norway. Brievik has agreed to be evaluated, but has demanded to be also to be seen by a Japanese psychiatrist. "The wish has to do with the concept of honor," explained his lawyer, Geir Lippestad. "He believes that a Japanese person would understand him better than someone from Europe."
Brevik's manifesto supposedly exhibits an admiration for Japanese and Korean cultures--presumably for their unwillingness to admit, assimilate or extend citizenship to large numbers of foreigners.
A few days ago, Brievik returned to Utoya island, where he spent eight hours reenacting his shooting rampage for the police. The simulation was required to clarify details of the attack for the trial. Portions aired on Norwegian television and show Breivik restricted a tether harness, demonstrating details of his murder spree with an imaginary rifle. He was reportedly calm and cooperative. He displayed no remorse for his actions.
Lippestad claims that Brievik spared those on Utoya island whom he considered too young to have been indoctrinated by Labor Party propaganda. Brievik's youngest victim is believed to have been Sharidyn Svebakk-Bohn. She was 14.
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