A new psychiatric probe stated on Tuesday that the gunman who killed 77 people in Norway last July was not insane at the time of the attacks and could be considered responsible of the shooting.

A new psychiatric probe stated on Tuesday that the gunman who killed 77 people in Norway last July was not insane at the time of the attacks and could be considered responsible of the shooting.

"The experts' main conclusion is that the accused, Anders Behring Breivik, is not considered to have been psychotic at the time of the actions on July 22, 2011," the Oslo district court said in a statement which reopens the debate on whether the self-confessed killer can be sent to prison.

"That means that he is considered criminally responsible at the time of the crime."

The new evaluation counters the findings of an initial probe that found Breivik was suffering from "paranoid schizophrenia," which meant he would most likely be sentenced to psychiatric care instead of prison.

The conclusions came just six days before the Breivik's trial is set to start.
Last week, the killer said “death is better than” going on psychiatric care.