Rebel's Journal (original) (raw)

-Oct 26th-
The Norwegian media is reporting that BURZUM mastermind Varg "Greven" Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnack) failed to return after a short leave from his prison in Vestfold, Norway, where the black metal musician is serving a 21-year sentence for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous), the burning of three churches, and the resulting death of a fireman. Varg, 30, was supposed to return to the prison by midnight Saturday (October 25) after being granted a couple of days off, but failed to come back in time. The police have no information on his whereabouts.

-Oct 26th-
Varg Vikernes defense lawyer John Christian Elden has spoken to Norway's NRK about his client's failure to return to prison as scheduled after a short leave.

Refusing to comment on whether or not he's been in contact with Vikernes during the 24-hour period the inmate has been on the run, Elden offered this explanation for Vikernes' actions: "I believe it stems from frustrations that have been built up [over the years]. [Varg] has been serving his sentence in an exemplary fashion, he's put the sins of his youth behind him, and he's held hopes of re-entering society in a relatively normal manner. Then a couple of weeks ago, he saw a newspaper article in the local press where the media once again focused on the fact that a 'dangerous' person was being held [in this community] and [it stirred up emotions inside him]."

-Oct 26th-
Varg Vikernes threatened a family with a pistol and hijacked their car in a failed bid to elude the Norwegian police during his 24 hours on the run, it was reported Monday.

At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday (October 26), a family of three driving through the valley known as Numedal in Buskerud County reported being flagged down by a pedestrian. When they stopped to assist him, the pedestrian believed to be Vikernes allegedly threatened them with a handgun and forced them to surrender their car.

"They explained that they were held at gunpoint and were forced to leave the vehicle, and that the man [Vikernes] took off in it," police spokesperson Knut Svalheim told wire service NTB.

-Oct 27th-
A day after he failed to return to prison as scheduled following a short leave, Varg Vikernes was captured by the Norwegian police on a highway outside the country's capital.

Vikernes was taken into custody at 12:45 a.m. Monday morning (October 27) after police in Oslo received information from police in Romerike that the fugitive was traveling in a car on the E6 road to Oslo.

"We signaled for Vikernes to stop, but when he didn't, we were forced to box his car in between two police vehicles. There was a was dent [to the car]," officer Vider Hjulstad told NTB.

More about the incident:

BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes, who is serving a 21-year sentence for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous), was carrying enough arms and military equipment at the time of his latest arrest to pass for a commando, Norwegian daily newspaper VG reports in today's edition. Police have refuted the newspaper's report that an AG3 automatic rifle was found in the stolen Volvo Vikernes was traveling in when he was captured following an attempted jailbreak. However, they have not disputed the rest of the report, which included information that that other elite soldier equipment — a gas mask, knives, camouflage clothing, a portable Global Positioning System satellite navigator, maps, a compass, a mobile telephone, a headset and a laptop — were retrieved from the vehicle at the time of Varg's arrest.

These shocking revelations have led the police to put a lid on information related to the investigation. The police department, the defense ministry and the police's special national security unit PST have jointly launched a massive hunt for several people who are believed to have helped Vikernes in his escape from prison.

According to the information obtained by VG, the police have concluded that Varg's escape was well planned and involved assistance from several people on the outside. Varg was transferred on August 4 from a maximum-security prison in Bergen to the low-security prison Berg. Between August 29 and September 1, Vikernes was given a free pass from prison, and the authorities are now focusing their efforts on finding out the identities of all the individuals Varg might have met with during this period.

Before hijacking a Volvo from a family of three Sunday afternoon, Vikernes reportedly disposed of a BMW which an inmate at another prison purchased as late as last week. Police spokesperson Vidar Franksson in Flesberg confirmed to NRK that the inmate offered this information during an interrogation following Varg's latest arrest. VG reports that a bulletproof vest was found in the BMW and police have also confirmed that a handgun was found in a cabin in Rollag, which Vikernes has admitted to breaking into while on the run. Varg is believed to have spent Saturday night at the cabin and narrowly eluded heavily armed police, who were on their way to the secluded location shortly prior to his capture on a highway on the outskirts of Oslo early Monday morning

Posted on 29.10.2003