Anders Breivik, the code he wrote on his weapon is executed The horrific crime in New York State Last Saturday, when the American teenager Payton Gendron opened fire, killing 10 people, in a Buffalo supermarket, to bring to mind the most violent massacre the world witnessed more than 11 years ago.
Joseph Grammaglia, Buffalo Police Commissioner, explained that the shooter wrote several names in white on his weapon, including the name of Anders Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway massacre, apparently following his act.
Worst and deadliest since World War
The owner of the terrifying name “Anders Breivik”, another serial killer, attacked a camp for young workers, mostly teenagers, for more than an hour on July 22, 2011, for more than an hour on the Norwegian island of Utoya, and detonated a bomb near the government headquarters in Oslo, killing the two attacks 77 people, as well as dozens wounded.
Those attacks were classified as the worst and bloodiest in the country since World War II.
Another shocking surprise
The investigation also revealed another fact, that the killer Payton Gendron had caught the attention of law enforcement following threatening his fellow high school students.
She added that the accused had made statements in June 2021 indicating that he wanted to shoot, either at a graduation party or sometime following that, according to what the school principal said during the investigation.
White fanatic or deranged?!
It is noteworthy that the American police had confirmed that 10 people were killed by an armed man wearing a protective shield and carrying a powerful rifle, while 3 others were injured, two of them in critical condition, outside and inside a grocery store on Jefferson Street in New York State, last Saturday.
A member of the Norwegian police – archive
The police detained the killer on charges of “premeditated murder”, and a video clip spread on Twitter, which showed the arrest.
Police also referred Gendron for counseling and an assessment of his mental health following the crime.
While Gov. Cathy Hochul called the suspect a “white supremacist,” she vowed at a briefing Saturday evening to take additional steps to crack down on illegal guns, with increased social media monitoring by law enforcement.