(CNN) -- Authorities in Norway have tightened security as the man accused of killing 77 people in a shooting rampage and a bomb attack makes his first court appearance in person Monday.
Until now, the proceedings for Anders Behring Breivik have been held behind closed doors.
But on Monday, the families of the victims will be able to see Breivik as officers bring him in to Oslo City Court with his hands and feet cuffed, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
At the hearing, a judge will decide whether to keep Breivik in jail until his trial in the spring.
Breivik is charged in the July 22 attacks that killed 77 people.
Survivors return to scene of island rampage
Eight were killed in a bombing in Oslo; 69 young people were killed on nearby Utoya island, in the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II.
The young people were attending a Labour Party youth camp. Most of the 700 campers ranged in age from 16-22, with some as young as 13.
Breivik has pleaded not guilty.
Described by authorities as a right-wing Christian extremist, he purportedly authored a 1,500-page manifesto critical of Muslim immigration and European liberalism.
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