Fatal Shooting Feared to Suggest New Reality The house on Rauðagerði, where the crime was committed. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað
If the fatal shooting on Rauðagerði, Reykjavík, Saturday night turns out to be connected to power struggle in the underworld, as
mbl.is’ sources claim, then what we’re seeing is a serious development and a new reality in Icelandic society. This is the view of Chief Superintendent Karl Steinar Valsson, who works in the international department of the national police commissioner,
A man in his 30s – an Albanian citizen – was shot to death outside his home Saturday night. A suspect, a foreign national in his 30s, is in police custody.
Since vaccinations for COVID-19 are underway in Europe and the US, Icelandic businesses and institutions in the tourism industry are preparing advertising campaigns, aimed toward people who have been vaccinated and are planning to travel.