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| Neo-Nazi musician Vikernes freed after arrest in France | Neo-Nazi musician Vikernes freed after arrest in France |
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| A Norwegian neo-Nazi musician has been released two days after he was arrested in central France on suspicion of "preparing a major terrorist act". | |
| Kristian Vikernes was arrested after his wife bought four rifles. | |
| Officials say questioning of the suspect did not bring to light any evidence of a terrorist plot. | |
| Vikernes had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. | Vikernes had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. |
| Vikernes' lawyer Julien Freyssinet told the French La Montagne newspaper that charges of incitement to racial hatred could still be laid against his client. | Vikernes' lawyer Julien Freyssinet told the French La Montagne newspaper that charges of incitement to racial hatred could still be laid against his client. |
| Kristian "Varg" Vikernes was arrested along with his French wife on Tuesday in Correze, a region in central France. | Kristian "Varg" Vikernes was arrested along with his French wife on Tuesday in Correze, a region in central France. |
| She was released from custody on Wednesday evening. | She was released from custody on Wednesday evening. |
| Officials say she had a legal firearms permit when she bought the four rifles. | |
| Racist ideology | Racist ideology |
| Interior Minister Manuel Valls had said that even though Vikernes was not thought to have a specific target in mind, the arrest was justified by the need to "act before and not after" with regard to terrorism. | Interior Minister Manuel Valls had said that even though Vikernes was not thought to have a specific target in mind, the arrest was justified by the need to "act before and not after" with regard to terrorism. |
| An official at the Paris prosecutor's office said there were "several indications that made the services fear he could possibly carry out a violent act". | An official at the Paris prosecutor's office said there were "several indications that made the services fear he could possibly carry out a violent act". |
| The official said Breivik had sent a copy of a manifesto setting out his ideology to Vikernes, who is also a convicted murderer. | The official said Breivik had sent a copy of a manifesto setting out his ideology to Vikernes, who is also a convicted murderer. |
| Breivik planted a bomb in central Oslo and went on a shooting spree on the nearby island of Utoeya in July 2011. He was imprisoned for the maximum 21-year term last year. | Breivik planted a bomb in central Oslo and went on a shooting spree on the nearby island of Utoeya in July 2011. He was imprisoned for the maximum 21-year term last year. |
| Vikernes, a black-metal musician and writer known as Varg, was convicted in 1994 of stabbing a man to death in Oslo and burning down several churches. | Vikernes, a black-metal musician and writer known as Varg, was convicted in 1994 of stabbing a man to death in Oslo and burning down several churches. |
| He was released in 2009 and moved to France with his wife and three children. | He was released in 2009 and moved to France with his wife and three children. |
| Since then he has continued releasing music and writing. | Since then he has continued releasing music and writing. |
| Through his writings he promotes what he calls "Odalism", an ideology based on the idea that White Europeans should re-adopt "native European values". | Through his writings he promotes what he calls "Odalism", an ideology based on the idea that White Europeans should re-adopt "native European values". |
| It includes racism, anti-Semitism and elements of ethnic European paganism. | It includes racism, anti-Semitism and elements of ethnic European paganism. |