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CANDIDATE FOR FAR-RIGHT PARTY IN MARCH'S LOCAL ELECTIONS SUSPENDED FOR DESCRIBING MAN BEHIND OSLO ATTACKS AS "AN ICON" A MEMBER of the Front National has been suspended for
defending the work of the Oslo attacker, who killed 76 people on Friday. Jacques Coutela, who represented the far-right party in local elections in the Yonne earlier this year, wrote a blog
post describing Anders Behring Breivik as "an icon" and a "defender of the west". The post, which has since been deleted, said: "The reason for the Norway terror
attacks: fighting the Muslim invasion, that's what people don't want you to know." Anti-racism movement MRAP has filed a complaint against Mr Coutela for inciting racial
hatred. However, FN leader Marine Le Pen has accused MRAP of "taking advantage of a terrible event" to target her party. She said: "The Front National of course has nothing to
do to the Norwegian slaughter, which is the work of a lone lunatic who must be ruthlessly punished." Another Front National member, Laurent Ozon, posted comments on Twitter this
weekend linking the attacks to a rise in immigration in Norway.
