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A NORWEGIAN NEO-NAZI black metal musician and convicted killer was arrested in France today over fears he may have been preparing a “major terrorist act”, the interior ministry said.
Kristian Vikernes, who the ministry said once had a link with Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, was arrested by intelligence officers at dawn at his home in the central village of Salon-la-Tour, along with his French wife Marie Cachet, 25.
The ministry said the 40-year-old, who was “close to the neo-Nazi movement”, could have been preparing a “major terrorist act” although Interior Minister Manuel Valls later admitted that “no target, no plan” had yet been identified.
Vikernes, who goes by the stage name “Varg”, is a notorious black metal musician in Norway, known for stabbing to death a fellow musician and setting fire to several churches in the early 1990s.
Musicians and fans of black metal — an extreme sub-genre of heavy metal — often express anti-Christian views and were involved in the burning of more than 50 churches in Norway between 1992 and 1996.
Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years in prison following the murder of the musician, the so-called Euronymous. He was released after serving 16 years, and later came to settle in France in 2010.
“The stay in prison probably made me a little more extreme, in every way,” he said in a 2010 interview with the magazine Guitar World.
That same year on his blog, he called on people to vote for Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front party.
He had been under surveillance for several years, but anti-terrorism authorities in Paris opened a probe into the father-of-three at the beginning of the month after his wife purchased weapons — albeit legally as she has a permit.
Officers seized several weapons at their home today, including four 22 Caliber Long Rifles. Valls said authorities had decided it was important to arrest Vikernes “to act before and not afterwards.”
Vikernes once had a link with Breivik, who is being held in isolation in a high security prison near Oslo for killing 77 people in twin attacks in 2011, Valls said.
The notorious mass killer had sent him a long manifesto that he had worked on for years and which he published just before the Norway attacks, the minister added.
Newsagents and shops will have to pay more to sell cancer
Great comment there Gerry…..NOT
I hope they are fully staffed with nurses in the BURN department!
But will purveyors of other Carcinogens pay more? I’m sure Mr Noonan will ignore Hep sufferers: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are viruses that cause acute or chronic liver disease. They are listed in the report as “known human carcinogens” because studies in humans show that chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections cause liver cancer. Approximately one million United States residents are chronically infected with HBV, which primarily is transmitted through sexual contact (50%) and intravenous drug use (15%).
I hate what has happened. I feel sorry for people coming out of school. Go to college? Can’t afford fees. Get a job. Is none. Maybe a part time job. Sure how do you save to go to college on a part time wage?
Cigarette cause Cancer n its Legal n Cannabis is Anti Cancer n its illegal….
My choice is what I choose to do,
And if I’m causing no harm, it shouldn’t bother you “Mr whoever Make the Law”
@ Criminal
imagine the amount of money generated if they make drugs legal then tax it
At least they left the box of matches alone?
A Nurse Bank, I Would love some interest from that.
In NY where I work we use agency and Per Diem (bank nurses). It is cheaper as they don’t get benefits or pension contribution. Great for my budget but these group work when they want not when I need them. And nary a one is available when it comes to the holiday season. It causes morale issues with regular staff who are paid less and have little choice about schedules.
If that’s the case in NY Mary, be very interesting in Ireland to see how that works
I see that already where I work , the full time staff have little or no choice when it comes to Christmas but the permanent but cover staff refuse to work it as they feel they don’t have to , however they are the first to complain about not getting ti work every Sunday and Bank holiday . It has caused serious problems amongst staff . Wont work in the long term.
how many people and new born babys have cancer and never smoked??????????
You should take the percentage of people who don’t/have never smoked and get cancer versus the number of smokers who get cancer. Or you could engage your brain before you comment.
Loads, if they live near Chernobyl.
Anything about when the free gp care comes in for under 6s?
Why not bring in “free” everything? How many jobs will be lost raising the €40,000,000 to pay for “free” under 5 doctors visits? I’d guess about 4,000.
I just asked a simple question. I have read a good few of the budget documents abduction could see no detail on it. as this article is aimed at going into more detail on the budget, i thought it was the appropriate place to ask the question.
and* not abduction!
Sandra legislation will be needed here and this is likely to be heavily opposed ao I reckon wr’re looking at Q4 2014 before anything concrete is in place
If I visit a doctor under five times , is it free?
Is that a typo the our debt will rise from 205 MILLION to 2011 BILLION by 2016? Or should the million have been billion???
Typo. We are already screwed
Making cigarettes illegal or having any drug illegal for that matter is not a good idea. While this may seem counter-intuitive, it makes sense.
Crimes rates from a black market would increase and thus violence. Stress would be put on Gardai, courts and the justice system and also cost a fortune. Products would be adulterated and worse for your health. People would still end up in hospitals which would cost the government a fortune (taxing such products is what’s paying these bills currently).
Not to mention illegality prevents researchings developing cures and treatments due to harsh licensing of studying illegal substances.
All on top of making criminals of otherwise law abiding people AND making access to their treatment more difficult!
Sandra its under 5′s. I dunno, but would imagine Jan 1st as with most reforms.
It is 5 and under apparently and i heard it is later in 2014 as they haven’t planned anything yet to implement it.
I am building an Ark.. Any takers?
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