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  • Gunshot Fired at The Dubliner Pub, Suspect in Custody

    Gunshot Fired at The Dubliner Pub, Suspect in Custody

    A gun was fired at The Dubliner Irish pub in central Reykjavík around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the shot hit the wall before the suspect fled. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The firearm used was found near the bar, and…

  • Reykjavik Mayor’s Car Shot At

    Reykjavik Mayor’s Car Shot At

    The car of Reykjavík Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson was damaged, RÚV reports, when it sustained gunfire last week. It is highly probable that this is linked to similar shootings reported on last week. The car is used by the mayor and his…

  • Previous Gunshot Attacks On Party Offices Emerge

    Previous Gunshot Attacks On Party Offices Emerge

    This morning what are suspected to be bullet holes were discovered in the windows of the Reykjavík offices of Samfylkingin, the Social Democratic Alliance. But this is not the first time that the headquarters of an Icelandic political party appear to have…

  • Missing In Iceland: Handguns

    Missing In Iceland: Handguns

    I’m from Baltimore, a city known to the rest of the world thanks to two TV shows: ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘The Wire’. We have a lot of handguns. Ironically, fireworks are illegal, so on New Year’s, we fire our…

  • UPDATE: Man Just Couldn’t Wait To Shoot His Gun

    UPDATE: Man Just Couldn’t Wait To Shoot His Gun

    Police have arrested the man who shot off a gun in Kópavogur earlier this week, reports RÚV. Police confirm that the man confessed to the gunfire and his excuse was that he had just had the weapon serviced and simply couldn’t wait to…