Aaaaaaaaand we're back for Series 5

This time we have gone for the theme of crimes around the world and we have picked out two or three cases from each continent.

To kick off series 5 we have began with the case of Anders Brevik, the far-right Norwegian terrorist who in 2011 went on a killing rampage which shocked the world.

He began his campaign by detonating a home made bomb in the political centre of Norway's capital, Oslo, with the aim of killing as many Labour politicians including the Prime Minister, as possible.

Once this mission was accomplished, dressed in the disguise of a policeman, he made his way to the island of Utoya where a Labour Youth summer camp was happening and for over an hour he stalked and killed as many children and young adults as he could find. Harrowing images captured from a news helicopter showed children desperately trying to swim to the mainland to safety and even showed the gunman picking off the children who were cowering on the shore of the island.

By the time the authorities managed to reach the island he had shot and killed 69 people.

The death toll at the city centre was eight people with over 200 injured.

Brevik gave himself up peacefully and is still in prison today.

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