An Oslo court on Friday named two psychiatrists to conduct a new examination of Anders Behring Breivik, the anti-Islam militant who killed 77 people last year, in an effort to end inflamed national debate over an initial report that found him psychotic.
Breivik has admitted detonating a bomb at a government building in Oslo that killed eight people and gunning down 69 more at an island summer camp for Labour Party youths in July.
If the court ultimately agrees with a finding that Breivik is psychotic, he will almost certainly be placed into a secured psychiatric institution rather than in prison. "The extremely serious nature of the case dictates that additional questions should be investigated further," Oslo District Court Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen told a news conference.