The Police in South Iceland has arrested two people in connection to the deadly house fire in South Iceland on Wednesday afternoon. The people who have been arrested were taken into custody at the scene: A man who lives at the address and a woman who was a guest. Two people died in the fire, a woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s.
Previously: Two people confirmed dead, two in custody after house fire in Selfoss, South Iceland
Police told the local newspaper Fréttablaðið that all the people involved in the fire, both the victims and the two people who have been arrested, are connected. The friendship of the four people was based on common drug dependency and abuse.
The people who died in the fire were a woman, born in 1971, and a man born in 1969. The woman, who had three sons, lived in Reykjavík. The man was unmarried and had no children. He lived in Selfoss.
Previously: Police had previously been called to the house in Selfoss where two people died in fire
Police took two people into custody at the scene a woman born in 1973 who was a guest at the house, and a man born in 1965 who lived at the address. Police was unable to take a statement from the people until yesterday afternoon due to the impaired state the people were in when they were taken into custody. After an investigation of the scene and interrogation Police placed the two people under arrest.
Asked by the local newspaper Fréttablaðið whether the four people were connected Oddur Árnason, Police Chief Superintendent in South Iceland said they were friends. I think the their relationship is best characterized by the term substance abuse buddies.
The Police in South Iceland has arrested two people in connection to the deadly house fire in South Iceland on Wednesday afternoon. The people who have been arrested were taken into custody at the scene: A man who lives at the address and a woman who was a guest. Two people died in the fire, a woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s.
Previously: Two people confirmed dead, two in custody after house fire in Selfoss, South Iceland
Police told the local newspaper Fréttablaðið that all the people involved in the fire, both the victims and the two people who have been arrested, are connected. The friendship of the four people was based on common drug dependency and abuse.
The people who died in the fire were a woman, born in 1971, and a man born in 1969. The woman, who had three sons, lived in Reykjavík. The man was unmarried and had no children. He lived in Selfoss.
Previously: Police had previously been called to the house in Selfoss where two people died in fire
Police took two people into custody at the scene a woman born in 1973 who was a guest at the house, and a man born in 1965 who lived at the address. Police was unable to take a statement from the people until yesterday afternoon due to the impaired state the people were in when they were taken into custody. After an investigation of the scene and interrogation Police placed the two people under arrest.
Asked by the local newspaper Fréttablaðið whether the four people were connected Oddur Árnason, Police Chief Superintendent in South Iceland said they were friends. I think the their relationship is best characterized by the term substance abuse buddies.
