BREIVIK SAYS "ATTACKS WERE PREEMPTIVE TO PROTECT NORWAY" AND ASKS TO BE ACQUITTED

The Norwegian far-right activist who killed 77 people last year has told a court that he believes he is a "revolutionary", adding "people who call me evil have misunderstood".

Reading from a 13-page document he had written while in custody, Anders Behring Breivik said the motivation for his deeds was that of "goodness and not evil".

He defended his massacre of 77 people, calling the rampage the most "spectacular attack by a nationalist militant since World War Two".

He said he would repeat his actions again, if he could.

"Yes, I would do it again," he said, adding that life in prison or dying for "his people" would be "the biggest honour".

The 33-year-old lashed out at Norwegian and European governments for embracing immigration and multi-culturalism and claimed he was a "second-rate citizen".

He said the aim of the killings was to "change the direction of multi-cultural drift to avoid greater confrontation and civil war". Read More