The Metropolitan Police arrested a local man in downtown Reykjavík last night after the man had attacked foreign travellers. According to a statement from the police officers attempted to talk to the man who made absolutely no sense. He is suspected of having been under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
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Police was notified of the man shortly after eight yesterday evening. He was behaving erratically and aggressively, attacking foreign visitors in the city center. When the man was arrested and search police found what is believed to be illegal drugs. The man was taken to a holding cell where he was offered the opportunity to sleep off his state. He will be interrogated later today.
The travellers who had been attacked by the man would not press charges because they had booked a flight back home from Iceland today. It is not clear whether they suffered any injuries in the attack, but according to the sources of the local news site Vísir Police assumes they were not hurt in the altercation.
The Metropolitan Police arrested a local man in downtown Reykjavík last night after the man had attacked foreign travellers. According to a statement from the police officers attempted to talk to the man who made absolutely no sense. He is suspected of having been under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
Read more: Crime rate in Reykjavík drops, fewer thefts than at any time since 1999
Police was notified of the man shortly after eight yesterday evening. He was behaving erratically and aggressively, attacking foreign visitors in the city center. When the man was arrested and search police found what is believed to be illegal drugs. The man was taken to a holding cell where he was offered the opportunity to sleep off his state. He will be interrogated later today.
The travellers who had been attacked by the man would not press charges because they had booked a flight back home from Iceland today. It is not clear whether they suffered any injuries in the attack, but according to the sources of the local news site Vísir Police assumes they were not hurt in the altercation.
