Breivik thought he had slim chance of escaping

Oslo, Norway: Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he thought he had only a slim chance of escaping Norway’s capital alive after setting off a bomb in the government district on 22 July. On the fourth day of his terror trial, the anti-Muslim extremist said he had expected to be confronted by armed police when he left Oslo for a youth camp on Utoya island, where he killed 69 people in a shooting massacre. No one stopped Breivik on his way to the island. [caption id=“attachment_280864” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he thought he had only a slim chance of escaping Norway’s capital alive after setting off a bomb in the government district. AP”]  [/caption] Breivik told the court Thursday he had prepared for a firefight with police in Oslo by playing video games, and said “I estimated the chances of survival as less than 5 percent.” Breivik has confessed to the bomb-and-shooting rampage, but rejects criminal guilt saying he was acting to protect Norway and Europe. AP