Anders Behring Breivik (born 13 February 1979) is a Norwegian citizen. He is the suspected perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, although it is yet unknown if he acted alone.[1][2][3] On 22 July 2011, he allegedly approached a Labour Party youth camp on Utøya, posing as a police officer, and then opening fire on the adolescents present, reportedly killing at least 80.[4] He has also been linked with the bomb blasts which had taken place approximately two hours earlier in Oslo. He was arrested on Utøya, and is currently in police custody.
Behring studied at the Oslo Commerce School, and is described by newspaper Verdens Gang as Conservative and nationalist.[3] He is also described as a one-time freemason.[5] He expresses his sympathies for Winston Churchill and Norwegian anti-nazi World War II hero Max Manus on his alleged Facebook profile.[6] In May 2009 he founded the company Breivik Geofarm, a farm with 790 employees.[7] Norwegian media has speculated he used the farm as cover to legally obtain large amounts of artificial fertilizer and other chemicals in the manufacturing of explosives.[8]
