Police have not identified the suspect, but (local television) and newspaper reports say the man in custody is Anders Behring Breivik.
Attorney Geir Lippestad, who claimed to represent the 32-year-old Breivik, told Norwegian TV2 late Saturday that his client "is ready to explain himself" in court. The suspect feels the terrorist attacks were "horrible," but "in his head (they) were necessary," Lippestad said.
The 32-year-old Norwegian has said that he acted alone and has not pleaded guilty, acting National Police Chief Sveinung Sponheim said Sunday. But authorities have not ruled out that others may have been involved or helped him along the way.
The investigation continues as the Scandinavian (nation continues) to wrestle with the attacks' aftermath, with an ashen-faced and openly weeping King Harald V leading the nation in mourning Sunday. Memorial shrines with flowers and candles dotted Oslo's streets, and Norwegians gathered at a cathedral in the capital to (mourn) the victims of the attacks.
"Soon, names and photographs will be released. The enormity of the evilness will surface in all its horror, and that will be a new test for us all," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said at a church service Sunday billed as a "Mass for grief and hope." "In the (middle) of all the tragedy, I am proud to live in a country that has managed to stand tall."
