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  • Man Dies Following Group Assault, Eight Arrested

    Man Dies Following Group Assault, Eight Arrested

    On March 11, the police arrested eight people suspected of killing a man. The victim, who was in his 60s, was discovered in Reykjavík’s Grafarvogur neighbourhood and transported to hospital, where he subsequently died, Vísir reports. On the evening of March 10,…

  • Icelandic Man Suspected of Killing His Daughter

    Icelandic Man Suspected of Killing His Daughter

    An Icelandic man is in police custody on suspicion of killing his young daughter, according to RÚV. The arrest occurred last night on the Krýsuvík road, north of Kleifarvatn. Details are scarce, but the incident had been reported around dinnertime on Sunday,…

  • Four Suspects In Murder Case Released From Custody

    Four Suspects In Murder Case Released From Custody

    Four of the six suspects in the murder of Arnar Jónsson Aspar, who was killed last Wednesday, were released from custody today following interrogations, reports RÚV. . It was originally believed that the murder was related to a feud in the underworld,…

  • Man Murdered While At Home With His Family

    Man Murdered While At Home With His Family

    A 40-year-old man was killed yesterday evening in front of his family, in a gruesome assault in the municipality of Mosfellsbær, just outside of Reykjavík, RÚV reports. Authorities believe the murder relates to a feud in the capital’s criminal underworld. The safest…

  • 10 Crew Members Flown In To Testify In Birna Brjánsdóttir Murder Case

    10 Crew Members Flown In To Testify In Birna Brjánsdóttir Murder Case

    Currently, preliminary hearings are ongoing in the case against Thomas Møller Olsen, the Greenlandic fisherman suspected of killing 20-year-old Birna Brjánsdóttir on January 14. In connection with the court case, ten crew members have been ordered by court authorities to travel to…

  • Request To Reopen Guðmundur and Geirfinnur Case

    Request To Reopen Guðmundur and Geirfinnur Case

    A formal request to reopen the “Guðmundar- og Geirfinnsmál” (The Guðmundur and Geirfinnur Case) is expected to be filed after the weekend, reports DV. The request will be delivered by Erla Bolladóttir, one of the six convicted in  connection with the case which…