Varg Vikernes arrested on suspicion of plotting terrorist attack

Since news of this just broke, the details are kind of sketchy, so it's not certain if any of this is true or not. Here's what was written in Euro News.

Black metal musician and neo-nazi sympathiser Kristian “Varg” Vikernes was arrested in southwestern France on Tuesday after his wife bought four rifles, raising suspicions he could turn to violence, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

The police suspect the Norwegian national of planning a “massacre” and searched his house for weapons and explosives. His wife, a French national and a member of a shooting club, had recently legally purchased four rifles. 

The anti-terrorist prosecutor has been put in charge of the investigation. In a statement, the French Ministry of the Interior deemed him “likely to prepare a large-scale act of terrorism.” 

Vikernes, the man behind black metal project Burzum, had spent 21 years in prison – the maximum sentence in Norway – for the murder of Øystein Aarseth, known as Euronymous, the guitar player of black metal band Mayhem. Vikernes had also been convicted of arson attacks on four churches, he was freed in May 2009. He then moved to France with his wife and three children.

Vikernes, a Pagan and vocal neo-nazi sympathiser, reportedly received the manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right terrorist responsible for the July 2011 Oslo bombing and Utoeya Massacre which left 77 dead. Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in jail for terrorism on August 2012.

Breivik sending a copy of a manifesto setting out his ideology to Vikernes, an official at the prosecutor’s office said. “That was at the origin of the investigation … There were several suspicions that made the services fear he could possibly carry out a violent act,” the official said.

On his website, Vikernes discusses Breivik’s manifesto, but also criticises him for killing innocent Norwegians.

One detail that doesn't make sense to me is that he was arrested simply because his wife bought four rifles. Are Europeans really that terrified of guns? Have they ever considered that maybe he and his wife just like guns? Americans buy more guns than that all the time yet no one raises an eyebrow. Well, except for easily-spooked liberals, that is. Also, they investigated Varg simply because Anders Breivik sent his manifesto to him? Anders Breivik was a nutcase who took a joker like Varg way too seriously. I think this story proves that in this post-9/11 world, people have become way too paranoid. They'll think that anyone who loves guns is a potential terrorist threat.