A study of Anders Breivik’s murderous rampage in 2011 has echoes of American Psycho
The designation “lone wolf” has received plenty of media exposure in recent years. It usually refers to terrorists who are not members of an organisation, but are self-starters inspired by a cause.
In fact, they are usually part of small networks of like-minded individuals, perpetrating acts of violence that elicit the support of larger numbers of people. Most of the Islamist “lone wolves”, like the killers of Lee Rigby, conform to this model.
But Anders Breivik, who slaughtered 77 of his fellow Norwegians on 22 July 2011, really was a loner, a singularly murderous ideologue who emerged from self-imposed isolation. However, as Åsne Seierstad shows in One of Us, her meticulous account of the Oslo and Utøya massacres, Breivik did not come from nowhere.
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In fact, they are usually part of small networks of like-minded individuals, perpetrating acts of violence that elicit the support of larger numbers of people. Most of the Islamist “lone wolves”, like the killers of Lee Rigby, conform to this model.
But Anders Breivik, who slaughtered 77 of his fellow Norwegians on 22 July 2011, really was a loner, a singularly murderous ideologue who emerged from self-imposed isolation. However, as Åsne Seierstad shows in One of Us, her meticulous account of the Oslo and Utøya massacres, Breivik did not come from nowhere.
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