Man sets himself alight at Breivik trial

A man set himself on fire on today outside an Oslo courthouse where the Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial…

A man set himself on fire on today outside an Oslo courthouse where the Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for murdering 77 people last July, police said.

The man doused himself with liquid and set himself on fire  before attempting to breach the security fence around the  courthouse, police spokesman Kjell Kverme said.

The national daily VG posted a video on its website, vg.no, showing the man with flames on his hat and sweatshirt running  toward a security checkpoint and being tackled by police.

Officers ripped his sweatshirt off and stamped out the  flames. Mr Kverme said the man, who appeared to be a Norwegian, had  shouted at police before setting himself on fire but officers  could not make out what he said.

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The man, who witnesses said appeared to be Caucasian and in  his 50s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries on his  torso.

Breivik (33) has been on trial since last month for bombing  government offices in an attack that killed eight people, then  shooting dead 69 more, most of them teenagers, at a Labour Party  island summer camp.

He admits carrying out the killings but has said they were  necessary to protect Norway against "traitors" who deserved  death for embracing left-wing values including immigration and  multiculturalism.

Last week the brother of a man gunned down by Breivik hurled a shoe at him in court.

Reuters