All six people who have been arrested for the murder of 39 year old Arnar Jónsson have a long criminal records, including assaults and drugs related charges. Some are considered to be among Iceland's most hardened criminals, having been involved in some of the most brutal assaults of recent years.
Read more: Iceland's second murder this year: Police arrests 6 people for Reykjavík underworld murder
The victim's childhood friend and career criminal
The group includes five men and one woman. According to the sources of local news media all the people have a long criminal record.
One of the attackers has been identified as Sveinn Gestur Tryggvason, who is described as a childhood friend of the victim. The victim's fiancé told the local news site Vísir that this man has visited the victim and his family on numerous occasions. This man, who was born in 1986, has a long criminal record and is said to have deep connections to a organized crime.
According to the sources of vísir Sveinn Gestur attacked the victim earlier this spring. This attack is said to have been connected to a drug related debt. Arnar's fiancé, who witnessed Wednesday's attack, has rejected claims that his murder was related to drugs, as Arnar is said to have been clean for a long time.
This man is said to have attempted to resuscitate Arnar after the attack. He had called the emergency phone number 112 during the attack, identifying himself by name, requesting an ambulance to the scene. He was arrested at the scene when police arrived.
A founder of Iceland's criminal biker gangs
Another of the attackers, Jón Trausti Lúthersson, born in 1976, is the founder of the bike gang Fáfnir, one of the criminal biker gangs in Iceland. He has a long and violent criminal record, including a sentence for attacking police officers on Keflavík international airport in 2003. He was also convicted of breaking into the offices of a Reykjavík newspaper in 2004 where he attacked the editor, apparently in retaliation for the paper's coverage.
The bike gang Fáfnir, which was founded by Jón Trausti, later became a member of Hells Angels. Jón Trausti then left the gang to found a rival gang Black Pistons MC, which is affiliated with the biker gang Outlaws. Jón Trausti has been connected to a number of crimes linked to biker gangs since the turn of the century.
When police arrived at the scene Jón Trausti stood next to the victim as Sveinn Gestur attempted to resuscitate him. He was arrested at the scene.
The Nabakowski-brothers
Two other attackers have been identified as Polish immigrants, Marcin Wieslaw Nabakowski and Rafal Marek Nabakowski, know as the Polish brothers or the Nabakowski-brothers. These men, who are in their thirties, are currently waiting appeal in another drug-related attack and attempted murder in a Reykjavík suburb.
The brothers used firearms in this attack. The use of firearms in Icelandic crime is virtually unheard of.
The two other people who were arrested are a man, Rúnar Bergmann, who was born in 1980 and Ásta Hrönn Guðmundsóttir, a woman born in 1985 both of whom have a long, if somewhat less notorious, criminal record.
The Nabakowski-brothers and the Rúnar were arrested in a getaway car on the Ring Road leading out of Reykjavík, near the suburban big-box strip mall Korputorg. The woman was arrested in Mosfellsdalur valley near the road to Þingvellir National Park, as she was fleeing the scene.
All six people who have been arrested for the murder of 39 year old Arnar Jónsson have a long criminal records, including assaults and drugs related charges. Some are considered to be among Iceland's most hardened criminals, having been involved in some of the most brutal assaults of recent years.
Read more: Iceland's second murder this year: Police arrests 6 people for Reykjavík underworld murder
The victim's childhood friend and career criminal
The group includes five men and one woman. According to the sources of local news media all the people have a long criminal record.
One of the attackers has been identified as Sveinn Gestur Tryggvason, who is described as a childhood friend of the victim. The victim's fiancé told the local news site Vísir that this man has visited the victim and his family on numerous occasions. This man, who was born in 1986, has a long criminal record and is said to have deep connections to a organized crime.
According to the sources of vísir Sveinn Gestur attacked the victim earlier this spring. This attack is said to have been connected to a drug related debt. Arnar's fiancé, who witnessed Wednesday's attack, has rejected claims that his murder was related to drugs, as Arnar is said to have been clean for a long time.
This man is said to have attempted to resuscitate Arnar after the attack. He had called the emergency phone number 112 during the attack, identifying himself by name, requesting an ambulance to the scene. He was arrested at the scene when police arrived.
A founder of Iceland's criminal biker gangs
Another of the attackers, Jón Trausti Lúthersson, born in 1976, is the founder of the bike gang Fáfnir, one of the criminal biker gangs in Iceland. He has a long and violent criminal record, including a sentence for attacking police officers on Keflavík international airport in 2003. He was also convicted of breaking into the offices of a Reykjavík newspaper in 2004 where he attacked the editor, apparently in retaliation for the paper's coverage.
The bike gang Fáfnir, which was founded by Jón Trausti, later became a member of Hells Angels. Jón Trausti then left the gang to found a rival gang Black Pistons MC, which is affiliated with the biker gang Outlaws. Jón Trausti has been connected to a number of crimes linked to biker gangs since the turn of the century.
When police arrived at the scene Jón Trausti stood next to the victim as Sveinn Gestur attempted to resuscitate him. He was arrested at the scene.
The Nabakowski-brothers
Two other attackers have been identified as Polish immigrants, Marcin Wieslaw Nabakowski and Rafal Marek Nabakowski, know as the Polish brothers or the Nabakowski-brothers. These men, who are in their thirties, are currently waiting appeal in another drug-related attack and attempted murder in a Reykjavík suburb.
The brothers used firearms in this attack. The use of firearms in Icelandic crime is virtually unheard of.
The two other people who were arrested are a man, Rúnar Bergmann, who was born in 1980 and Ásta Hrönn Guðmundsóttir, a woman born in 1985 both of whom have a long, if somewhat less notorious, criminal record.
The Nabakowski-brothers and the Rúnar were arrested in a getaway car on the Ring Road leading out of Reykjavík, near the suburban big-box strip mall Korputorg. The woman was arrested in Mosfellsdalur valley near the road to Þingvellir National Park, as she was fleeing the scene.