Norwegian police are investigating claims by Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out Friday's twin attacks in Norway, that he has "two more cells" working with him.
Breivik made the claim at his first court hearing since the bombing in Oslo and massacre at an island youth camp.
Police have now revised down the island killings from 86 to 68 but increased the bomb death toll by one to eight.
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Breivik was remanded in custody for eight weeks. Oslo police asked for Breivik to be held in full isolation for the first four weeks.
Judge Kim Heger agreed, saying Breivik could not receive letters or have visitors except for his lawyer.
Judge Heger said police must be able to proceed with the investigation into Breivik's claims without the accused being able to interfere.
Breivik had earlier said he had acted alone.
Prosecutor Christian Hatlo said police could not rule out that someone else was involved and confirmed an investigation was underway into Breivik's claims that he had worked in a cell, or group, and that there were two other cells.
The charges against Breivik include the destabilisation of vital functions of society, including government, and causing serious fear in the population.
The judge said that Breivik had admitted carrying out the attacks but had not pleaded guilty to the charges.
Hatlo said the accused was very calm at the hearing, appeared "unaffected" by the events, and was willing to explain his motives. He said Breivik was allowed to do this to a certain extent by the judge, but when he started reading from his manifesto he was stopped.
Hatlo also said that Breivik expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Two psychiatrists have been assigned to assess his mental health.
Judge Heger had earlier ruled that the hearing should be held behind closed doors amid security concerns and fears that Breivik would use it to deliver a speech seeking to justify his actions.
Instead Judge Heger summarised Breivik's words in his post-hearing statement.
The judge said Breivik had argued that he was acting to save Norway and Europe from "Marxist and Muslim colonisation".
The gunman had said his operation was not aimed at killing as many people as possible but that he wanted to create the greatest loss possible to Norway's governing Labour Party, which he accused of failing the country on immigration.
Norway's secret service said authorities were alerted to Breivik's name in March when he bought an undisclosed product from a Polish chemical firm.
But its head, Janne Kristiansen, said there had not been enough evidence to investigate further.
Source : The Daily Star
