Father of Anders Behring Breivik, the man allegedly responsible for the Norway atrocities, has said that he wished his son had committed suicide.
Jens Breivik, 76, who is currently staying in a villa in France under armed guard, has said, “I don't feel like his father. How could he just stand there and kill so many innocent people and just seem to think that what he did was OK? He should have taken his own life, too. That's what he should have done.”
He added: “I will have to live with this shame for the rest of my life. People will always link me with him.”
Breivik’s parents were not close with him; Jens last spoke to his son 10 years ago by telephone, and his stepmother Wanda, 71, has never even met him.
They had planned to return to Norway, however, they have decided to stay away for the moment due to the media pressure surrounding them and their relationship with Breivik.
Wanda Breivik has described how she has not slept “a wink since his arrest”, and has told of the trauma she and his father have experienced at the tragic events.
Last year's march, although tense, passed without incident. Northumbria Police Chief Supt Graham Smith said at the time: 'It has been a great success. It has passed without incident.
'Newcastle is a city for peace and the aim of today was to allow peaceful protests which we have demonstrated is possible through careful planning.'
Appearance: Anders Behring Breivik pictured leaving an Oslo court house after his first hearing
On Friday, Breivik, 32, set off a car bomb in the centre of Oslo that killed eight people, before travelling to an Utoya island, massacring 68 teenagers attending a Labour summer camp.
A leading North-East member of the organisation Unite Against Fascism said it was no surprise to him that security sources were aware of Breivik's activity in this country.
He said he had been on a counter demonstration to the EDL march.
He said: 'It is alleged he (Breivik) has contacts with about 600 EDL contacts in Britain. Given that is the case, it is highly likely he will have had contacts with people in the North-East.
'Given that the travel links with the North-East and Norway are better than anywhere else other than London, I am not surprised that he attended here.
'The EDL and other far right organisations do operate internationally - they see themselves as almost Crusaders.'
The English Defence League has issued a statement insisting that it has never had any official contact with Breivik and that there was no evidence that he ever registered as a supporter on the EDL Facebook page.
But today anti-fascist organisation Searchlight claimed Breivik was told he would be welcome at their UK demonstrations, to which he replied: 'I hoped so: it’s our common struggle against the islamofascists.'
Breivik used the internet pseudonym 'Sigurd Jorsalfare', a 12th century King of Norway who led one of the crusades, to communicate online with supporters of the EDL and told them: 'You’re a blessing to all in Europe.'
Only a few days before Friday’s attacks the messages to EDL supporters stopped as he began the final countdown to his massacre.
Searchlight's editor Nick Lowles told the Evening Standard: 'This proves conclusively Breivik was in contact with the EDL, shared their aims and objectives and expressed a desire to join them on their demonstration.
'It is quite clear that the Home Office now need to classify the EDL as an extremist Right-wing organisation and to devote similar resources to monitoring their activities as they would other extremist groups.'
In the online messages Breivik wrote: 'To you all good English men and women, just wanted to say that you’re a blessing to all in Europe, in these dark times all of Europe are looking to you in search of inspiration, courage and even hope that we might turn this evil trend with Islamisation all across our continent.
'Well, just wanted to say keep up the good work it’s good to see others that care about their country and heritage.'
In another posting Breivik claims he visited Bradford with a friend 'some years ago'.
He wrote: 'I’ve seen with my own eyes what has happened to england, i was in bradford some years ago, me and a friend walked down to the football stadium of bradford, real ‘nice’ neighborhood, same thing in the suburbs of London.'
One EDL supporter then wrote to Breivik: 'Bravo, admire your views and courage. no surrender and welcome.'
Yesterday, as Breivik admitted the killings but pleaded not guilty to criminal responsibility in a closed hearing, Prime Minister David Cameron said the gunman's links to this country were being investigated 'extremely seriously'.
In a rambling 1,500-page manifesto Breivik posted online shortly before the attacks, he said that he was acting alone, but had been recruited to the radical cause by two English rightwing extremists at a meeting in the UK in 2002.
He wrote: 'I used to have more than 600 EDL members as Facebook friends and have spoken with tens of EDL members and leaders.
Breivik also referred to the BNP 23 times in his manifesto.
The EDL, which has risen to prominence over the last two years with its anti-Islamist protests, has denied 'any official contact' with the killer.
Breivik was placed on a Norwegian security watch list in March after his name was linked to the purchase of chemicals from a Polish supplier.
But the head of Norway's police intelligence agency said they had not followed it up because he had only bought £11 worth of the chemicals.
Mr Cameron, who yesterday discussed the massacre with security chiefs and senior ministers at a meeting of the National Security Council, said: 'We are still investigating these claims, so I don't want to give out partial information.
'We want to get to the bottom of this before making public announcements. But we take these things extremely seriously.'
Cameron, who was at the Norwegian Embassy in London to sign a book of condolences, added: 'Everyone in Britain shares in the sorrow and the anger at the despicable killings that took place on Friday.
'Britain and Norway have been good allies and neighbours in very dark days before. We know that the resilience and the courage and the decency of our Norwegian friends will overcome this act.
'After such a dreadful event the British Government must of course review our own security at home.'
The Evening Standard also reported that Searchlight has revealed that a millionaire computer engineer living in north London is a backer of the EDL.
Alan Lake, 45, is said to have admitted providing funds to the organisation and is alleged to have posed online this week, in reference to the twin attacks: 'The chickens have actually come home to roost.' Mr Lake could not be reached for comment today.
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