Norway police issue false alert on Breivik backer

Norwegian police said they mistakenly released an alert on Wednesday saying they were searching for a man who identified with mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.

"This has nothing to do with Friday's case," a police official told Reuters. "The news release was sent out in error. This is a routine mission by the police.

He said that police wanted to detain a man suffering from a psychological illness who had nothing to do with Brevik.