Court in shock as Norway gunman describes massacre – USATODAY.com

Court in shock as Norway gunman describes massacre – USATODAY.com: "Sixty-nine people, mostly teenagers, were killed on Utoya island and others only survived by diving into chilly waters to escape."
"he mowed down young victims as they pleaded for their lives."
"Others pretended to be dead. He said he shot them, too."
"luring youth from their hiding places by telling them he was a police officer who was there to protect them. When they came out, he gunned them down."

Fleeing was the survival strategy that worked.

"He was disguised as a policeman, carrying a rifle and a handgun. He also brought drinking water because he knew he would get a dry throat from the stress of killing people."
"he took to the Internet to learn how to carry out his bombing-and-shooting rampage"
"his goal was to kill all of the nearly 600 people on the island"

He was prepared to for his massacre.