The man suspected of shooting and killing at least 85 at a summer youth camp in Norway, just hours after setting off an explosion in nearby Oslo that killed seven, posted a video on YouTube hours before the attacks denouncing "cultural marxism" and calling for conservatives to "embrace martyrdom."
The video, with the title "Knights Templar 2083," was posted by Anders Behring Breivik, who was identified by several Norwegian media outlets as the suspect, was arrested and charged with acts of terrorism. Police have not confirmed his identity.
Police have confirmed that the video was uploaded by Breivik, according to Norway's TV2, but it has since been removed from the site.
"[If] the multiculturalist elites of Europe continue to refuse to voluntarily transfer political and military power to our conservative revolutionary forces ... then [the second world war] is likely going to appear as a picnic compared to the coming carnage," the video stated in captions.
The 12-minute video attacks "multiculturalism" as an attempt to destroy European identity, and includes President Obama and the European Union as targets of criticism.
Besides the video, a 1,500-page manifesto titled "2083 -- A European Declaration of Independence" was posted by "Andrew Berwick," an English translation of "Anders Breivik," on the website www.freak.no, called "Freak Forum.
He said he knew nothing of his son's plans and explained he had not had contact with him since 1995.
"We never lived together but we had some contact during his childhood," he said.
"When he was younger, he was an ordinary boy but not very communicative.
"He was not interested in politics at the time."
The 32-year-old was arrested following the twin attacks which left 93 people dead on Friday and sent shockwaves through the usually peaceful country.
The suspect confessed to perpetrating a car bomb against Oslo's government quarters and going on a shooting spree during a Labour Party summer camp on a nearby island.
Breivik, who described in a manifesto released on the internet how he planned the attacks over years, told police he acted alone in what would be one of the worst acts of violence by a single man in recent memory.
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