Two men are in custody after a violent attack which led to the death of a woman yesterday evening. One of the men is suspected of being responsible for the woman's death.
UPDATE: More details in Hagamelur murder case. Suspects in their 20s, 30s. Victim was in her 40s
Violent attack with a weapon
The incidence took place late evening at a private residence on Hagamelur street near Vesturbæjarlaug swimming pool, west of downtown Reykjavík. According to the local news site Vísir police received a call at ten yesterday evening that an aggravated assault had taken place. Armed police special forces as well as an ambulance were immediately dispatched to the scene. When police arrived the woman was still alive. She was taken by ambulance to the National University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Grímur Grímsson, police chief superintendent, told the local news site Vísir that police suspects an object or weapon of some sort was used in the attack, and that the woman had suffered serious injuries, but would otherwise not comment on the investigation or cause of death.
The woman and one of the two men are foreign nationals who live in Iceland. The woman and one of the attackers live at the address where the attack took place. The other man is an Icelandic citizen.
Third murder this year
This is the third murder in Iceland this year. Usually there is no more than one murder each year in Iceland. The high number of murders is not connected to a general increase in the crime rate, which has been dropping in recent years.
Read more: Crime rate in Reykjavík drops, fewer thefts than at any time since 1999
In January a 20 year old local girl, Birna Brjánsdóttir was murdered. Her disappearance and death, and the hunt for her murderer gripped the Icelandic nation. A Greenlandic sailor is currently standing trial for her death. A second murder occurred in June. This murder is believed to be connected to power struggles in the Reykjavík criminal underworld.
We at Iceland Insider covered the story of Birna's murder in great detail.
Iceland Insider coverage of the Reykjavík underworld murder:
Read more: Iceland's second murder this year: Police arrests 6 people for Reykjavík underworld murder
Read more: What we know of the attackers in the Reykjavík underworld murder
Two men are in custody after a violent attack which led to the death of a woman yesterday evening. One of the men is suspected of being responsible for the woman's death.
UPDATE: More details in Hagamelur murder case. Suspects in their 20s, 30s. Victim was in her 40s
Violent attack with a weapon
The incidence took place late evening at a private residence on Hagamelur street near Vesturbæjarlaug swimming pool, west of downtown Reykjavík. According to the local news site Vísir police received a call at ten yesterday evening that an aggravated assault had taken place. Armed police special forces as well as an ambulance were immediately dispatched to the scene. When police arrived the woman was still alive. She was taken by ambulance to the National University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Grímur Grímsson, police chief superintendent, told the local news site Vísir that police suspects an object or weapon of some sort was used in the attack, and that the woman had suffered serious injuries, but would otherwise not comment on the investigation or cause of death.
The woman and one of the two men are foreign nationals who live in Iceland. The woman and one of the attackers live at the address where the attack took place. The other man is an Icelandic citizen.
Third murder this year
This is the third murder in Iceland this year. Usually there is no more than one murder each year in Iceland. The high number of murders is not connected to a general increase in the crime rate, which has been dropping in recent years.
Read more: Crime rate in Reykjavík drops, fewer thefts than at any time since 1999
In January a 20 year old local girl, Birna Brjánsdóttir was murdered. Her disappearance and death, and the hunt for her murderer gripped the Icelandic nation. A Greenlandic sailor is currently standing trial for her death. A second murder occurred in June. This murder is believed to be connected to power struggles in the Reykjavík criminal underworld.
We at Iceland Insider covered the story of Birna's murder in great detail.
Iceland Insider coverage of the Reykjavík underworld murder:
Read more: Iceland's second murder this year: Police arrests 6 people for Reykjavík underworld murder
Read more: What we know of the attackers in the Reykjavík underworld murder
