As one NSP member noted, sadly, "now we can at least say that our own Commander (Dr. J. Pluss) is not the only individual in recent history who, because of expressing 'extreme rightist' views, was subject to the gross injustice of being hauled into criminal court for what was, essentially, a 'thought crime'. The actual charges against him should have merited no more than a municipal court fine. And to think that, as with the French case, his family was also involved. What nonsense'."
In any case, the NSP protests the arrest of Kristian Vikernes and notes, rather sardonically, that if widespread arrests for "fear of terroristic acts" took place, probably about a third of every nation in the world would have to be locked up!
-- Karl Wolff III, Director of Communications, NSP. 1488!
Breivik-linked neo-Nazi metal musician arrested in France over 'terrorist act' fears
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The house in France belonging to Norwegian neo-Nazi black metal rocker and convicted killer, Kristian Vikernes.
Kristian Vikernes, a convicted murderer from Norway, had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from Breivik, the far-right militant who killed 77 people in 2011.
Vikernes, 40, a well-known black metal musician in Norway, was arrested with his French wife Marie Chachet after she recently bought four rifles, Valls said in a statement.
"Having received the manifesto before (Breivik) committed his crimes and having been sentenced in Norway in the past for murder, this individual, who was close to a neo-Nazi movement, was likely to prepare a large terrorist act," Valls said.
Officers were searching his home in Correze for weapons and explosives, a police source told Reuters.
Breivik killed 77 people in a bombing in central Oslo and a shooting spree on a nearby island in July 2011. He was imprisoned last year for a maximum term of 21 years.
Breivik sent a copy of his manifesto setting out his ideology to Vikernes, an official at the Paris prosecutor's office said.
Breivik's 1,500-page manifesto outlined his planned crusade against Muslims, who he said were taking over Europe and could only be defeated through a violent civil war.
Cachet, 25, had a legal firearms permit when she bought the four rifles, the official said.
"The investigation will notably establish the conditions in which these (rifles) were acquired and their real objective," Valls said.
'Saving Europe'On his website, Vikernes discusses Breivik's manifesto, but in a post called "War in Europe: Part V - Breivik Unveiled" he also criticizes the murderer for killing more innocent Norwegians than Muslims.
Vikernes describes himself as a "pagan" and accuses Breivik of being a Zionist agent and "Christian loser".
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Anders Behring Breivik clenches his fist as he arrives at the courtroom for the first day of his trial in Oslo in this April 16, 2012 file photograph.
"If you work for Christianity in any way you work for the Jews. Plain and simple."
Vikernes, a black metal musician and writer known as Varg, was convicted in 1994 of stabbing a rival musician to death in Oslo and burning down several churches.
He was released from jail in 2009 and moved to France with his wife and three children.
The mayor of Salon La Tour, where Vikernes and his wife lived, said he had been surprised by the arrest.
"I didn't notice anything strange (about Vikernes) other than that he liked to wear military costumes and liked Gothic music," Jean-Claude Chauffour told BFM TV.
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