Thousands of people in Oslo, Norway are mourning the loss of the 76 victims of anti-immigration extremist, Anders Behring Breivik’s shocking attacks last week.

His plans were carefully delineated in a 1,500 page manifesto called, “2083: A European Declaration of Independence,” in which he reveals his targeting of writers, journalists and literature professors. Though he had previously denied having collaborators, he suggested otherwise today, before a judge, claiming that the attacks were part of a larger organization, the Knight’s Templar, though Norwegian Police haven’t confirmed the veracity of this statement.

In his manifesto, he specifically notes situations in which he could easily target journalists, authors attending literary festivals and conferences, and the academic intellectuals who focused on literary and cultural studies, eschewing those groups that spread, “political correctness and multiculturalism.”

“Mr. Breivik’s brief appearance at an Oslo courthouse on a cold misty day came as Norwegians were still grappling with the enormity of the attacks on Friday that amounted to one of the worst mass killings in postwar Europe. By Monday evening, at least 100,000 mourners had converged on Oslo to honor the victims and repudiate the suspect’s ideology of hate toward Muslims and advocates of multiculturalism, which he said were ruining Norway and threatening western European civilization.”

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