Anders Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July, asked an Oslo district court on Monday to release him immediately, Norway media said.
"I do not accept imprisonment. I demand to be immediately released," the mass murderer told the Oslo court in the last scheduled detention hearing before his trial, adding that his massacre was a "preventive attack against state traitors.”
About 100 survivors and relatives of the victims of the July 22 massacre attended the hearing in Oslo, which is expected to order Breivik held in custody until his trial begins in April.
Unlike the only previous public hearing, the killer agreed to let himself be photographed before the proceedings began.
