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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.