BBC news with John Jason
A court in Norway has sentenced Anders Breivik to 21 years in jail, after ruling that he was sane when he killed 77 people in bomb and shooting attacks last year. The judge said his">his actions could be explained
in the context of
his
fanatical
right-wing views, rather than as a product of a sick mind. Prosecutors who wanted to Breivik to be declared insane say they will not appeal. Lars Bevanger reports.
Judge Wenche Arntzen ended months of speculation just minutes after she began announcing the court’s decision. She and four other judges had found Anders Breivik to be sane and therefore able to serve the maximum sentence of 21 yearsin prison. The judge recognized he suffered from a personality disorder, but that did not mean that he was insane in the face of the law. Breivik had admitted he killed 77 mainly young people in a car bombing and shooting
spree
last year. His guilt was never indoubt.
A sacked fashion accessory designer shot dead a former colleague on a crowded New York street in the morning
rush hour
. Responding to the incident near the Empire State Building, police killed the gunman during exchange of fire. Eight other people were injured. The mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg said some of those might have been hit by police bullets.
Earlier this morning a little after 9:00 am., a man who had been fired from his job about a year or so, began shooting near the Empire State Building but out on the street. He killed one person, and at least nine other people were shot. And some may have been shot accidentally by police officers who responded immediately and while