An Indian weaver from northern Uttar Pradesh state on Tuesday (July 26) disclosed that he had made the badges used by the Norwegian, Anders Behring Breivik who killed at least 76 people in a car bombing and a horrific shooting spree in the Nordic nation.
Mohammad Aslam Ansari, a weaver based in the holy city of Varanasi, told reporters that Anders Behring Breivik had contacted him through email and placed an order worth $ 150.
"Through an email I received a picture and was enquired if I could make these badges and my quotation for doing the same. I said yes, I can make them and then he asked me to make two sample pieces. So, I made two sample pieces for him," said Ansari. "In it, there was a skull and a type of sword was made on it," he added.
The weaver said he did not suspect anything when he was asked to make the unusual designs on the badge, as he has been making insignias of skulls and other unorthodox things as part of his job.
Ansari said he had received the order about a year ago.
"I used to make skull on badges like the ones on the badges of England, but it wasn't like these ones. This is our work and we make these (badges) only and we never thought that there is anything suspicious in it. This is our job," he said. ".It has been about a year now," added Ansari
Ansari stated that after placing the orders for the two samples, Breivik did not come back for the bulk order.
He said that he has been making badges with skulls as part of its design, yet he admitted that the one made for Breivik was a little unusual.
Ansari said that it had taken almost 15 days to make the badges and he had sent them via courier.
Breivik has taken responsibility for last Friday's (June 22) shootings at a youth camp and an earlier bomb that killed eight people in Oslo's government district.
He then drove to the small island of Utoeya, 45 km (28 miles) away. Dressed as a policeman, he calmly shot down youngsters at a youth summer camp of the ruling Labour Party.
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An Indian weaver from northern Uttar Pradesh state discloses that he had supplied the badges to the Norwegian, Anders Behring Breivik who killed at least 76 people in a car bombing and a horrific shooting spree in the Nordic nation.
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VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (JULY 26, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. MOHAMMAD ASLAM ANSARI, A WEAVER, SITTING IN HIS SHOP
2. ANSARI TALKING TO REPORTER
3. BADGES LYING ON A CARPET
4. ANSARI SITTING
5. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MOHAMMAD ASLAM ANSARI, A WEAVER, SAYING:
"Through an email I received a picture and was enquired if I could make these badges and my quotation for doing the same. I said yes, I can make them and then he asked me to make two sample pieces. So, I made two sample pieces for him."
(Q) What was made on it?
In it, there was a skull and a type of sword was made on it."
6. A FRAME HUNG ON A WALL
7. LOGO OF A BADGE HUNG ON A WALL
8. FRAME HUNG ON A WALL
9. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MOHAMMAD ASLAM ANSARI, A WEAVER, SAYING:
"I used to make skulls on badges like the ones on the badges of England, but it wasn't like this. This is our work and we make these (badges) only and we never thought that there is anything suspicious in it. This is our job.
(Q) How many years ago did he come to you?
It has been about a year now."
10. ANSARI SITTING
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