Norwegians have begun a solemn day of memorials for victims of last week's bomb and shooting massacre, and the first funerals for the 76 victims are to be held. "Today it is one week since Norway was hit by evil," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Friday at a memorial service in the "People's House" assembly hall. "We have to live with July 22, but together we will make it," he said from a stage adorned with red roses, the symbol of his governing Labor Party. Another memorial service was being held at an Oslo mosque. The confessed attacker was a vehement anti-Muslim. Mosque Norway was holding two memorial services on Friday, including one at a mosque, for the victims of last week's massacre, and the anti-immigration suspect in the terrorist attacks faced his second round of questioning by police. Mr Stoltenberg urged his increasingly diverse Nordic nation to show unity at the services in the face of its deadliest assault during peacetime, which killed 76 people in a bombing in Oslo and a shooting rampage at a youth camp on Utoya island. One of the Friday's memorial services was being hosted by Stolenberg's governing Labor Party, while the other was being held in a mosque in an immigrant district of Oslo. Questioning Meanwhile, Norwegian news agency NTB said suspect Anders Behring Breivik was picked up at a jail Friday and transported to police headquarters in Oslo for a second session of questioning. Investigators believe the 32-year-old Norwegian acted alone, after years of meticulous planning, and haven't found anything to support his claims that he's part of an anti-Muslim militant network plotting a series of coups d'etat across Europe. Breivik was questioned for seven hours Saturday, the day after the twin attacks targeting the government district of Oslo and a youth camp of the prime minister's left-leaning Labor Party on the island northwest of the capital. Crimes against humanity He admitted to carrying out the attacks but has pleaded not guilty to terror charges, saying he's in a state of war, according to his lawyer and police. Police have charged Breivik with terrorism, which carries a maximum sentence of 21 years in prison. However, it's possible the charge will change during the investigation to crimes against humanity, which carries a 30-year prison term, Norway's top prosecutor Tor-Aksel Busch told The Associated Press. "Such charges will be considered when the entire police investigation has been finalized," he said. "It is an extensive investigation. We will charge Breivik for each individual killing." A formal indictment isn't expected until next year, Busch said.
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