The trial against a 27-year-old man accused of attempted manslaughter, who is accused of planning school shootings, started yesterday in Aalborg.
Yesterday, the first of what is expected to be six days in court – with a verdict expected on February 3 – he was asked about a 150-page manifesto, in which he explained his plans and motives.
Example lines in the manifesto include: “My goal in this life is to kill so many people before I die,” and “Most people do not understand that I want to kill young people or children, but the younger they are, the more life I have. takes away. “
In his defense, the man said yesterday that the scriptures are scribbled fantasies.
Vulnerable schools
The prosecution will seek to prove that the man had planned several shootings in North and Northeast Jutland – more specifically in the Aarhus area.
They will demonstrate that he exposed several institutions, find out student numbers, lesson plans and lesson times.
They will claim he had the funds. With a firearms permit, he had been given two handguns and ammunition.
In addition, he is accused of making an order over the dark web of an AR-15 rifle and tactical clothing.
It is said that he stopped serious consideration in 2018
Described by DR as a slender man with shoulder-length hair pushed behind his ears, the defendant answered questions in the case yesterday.
In his defense, the man claimed he was spreading his fantasies in 2018.
However, the court yesterday heard evidence that in 2020 he had used Google to investigate three schools: Tilst School in East Jutland, Borremose Continuation School in Himmerland and Mariagerfjord Sports School in Hobro.
“It was a fantasy that ended in August 2018. I had set a date, but I had no motivation or desire as we approached the date,” he said. “I have a stress addiction and I take it to the extreme.”
Incel motivation
Yesterday’s cases also touched on how the accused, who was arrested in December 2020 and has been detained in a psychiatric ward since April, identifies as ‘incel’ – ‘involuntary celibacy’ men who have become misogynistic by a story of being rejected of women.
As a regular visitor to websites, he is accused of expressing violent views – of such a worrying nature that the National Cyber Crime Center reported him to the police in June 2020, after which his apartment was searched – but the defendant denied this. as feats.
“There are just a lot of men who feel sorry for themselves and are looking for a boyfriend. You have to outdo each other to get attention from the others, so you often exaggerate to get some attention in there. If someone writes something violent, then you have to surpass it, ”he explained.
Denmark has never had a mass murder, but a lot has been done by incels in the USA.
Source: The Nordic Page