Breivik calls for acquittal as terror trial ends
By JULIA GRONNEVET and KARL RITTER, Associated Press
Jun 22, 2012 8:10 AM CDT
Prosecutor Svein Holden delivers closing arguments in the trial against Anders Behring Breivik, the confessed gunman who killed 77 people last year in a bomb and shooting rampage, unseen, in the court in Oslo, Norway Thursday June 21, 2012. After nearly 10 weeks of grueling testimony of one of the worst...   (Associated Press)

The trial of Anders Behring Breivik has ended with the confessed mass killer asking an Oslo court to acquit him of terror charges and saying his massacre of 77 people last July was needed to protect Norway from becoming a "multiculturalist hell."

Reading a prepared statement Friday, the self-styled anti-Muslim militant lashed out at everything he finds wrong with Norway, from immigration to women's liberation.

After his statement, the judge declared the trial over and said a verdict and sentence would be presented on Aug. 24.

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