World | Posted on Sep 19, 2011 at 05:28pm IST

Police seek 8 weeks of custody for Norway killer

Associated Press

Oslo: Norwegian police say they will ask a court to extend the pretrial detention of confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik by eight weeks, four of them in isolation.

The 32-year-old right-wing extremist will go before the Oslo District Court in a closed hearing on Monday, his third court appearance since the bombing in downtown Oslo and shooting massacre at a youth camp on Utoya island. Seventy-seven people died in the attacks.

Police spokesman Roar Hansen said police will seek another eight weeks of pretrial detention as they prepare formal charges against Breivik.

Police seek 8 weeks of custody for Norway killer

The district court initially ordered an open hearing, but a higher court overruled that decision after police appealed it.

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