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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 08:53 PM
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Scotland Yard called in over Breivik's claims he met 'mentor' in UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/25/scotland-yard-gunman-mentor-uk
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Police attempting to piece together Anders Behring Breivik's links to far-right groups in the UK and Europe have written to Scotland Yard asking for more officers to help with the investigation.

A specialist unit has been set up in The Hague to trawl through a database of known high-risk, rightwing extremists and assist the Norwegian police as they examine evidence from Breivik's 1,500-page "manifesto" published online hours before he launched one of the worst mass killings in peacetime Europe.

Rob Wainwright, director of Europol, told the Guardian he had written to the Metropolitan police's new head of counter-terrorism, Cressida Dick, asking for more officers from Scotland Yard after Breivik boasted of his links to far-right groups in the UK.

"What we've seen is an active extremist scene across European countries, including the UK," said Wainwright. "There are some signs the extreme right have been more active, especially on the internet. They are more sophisticated and using social media to attract younger people."
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