1st Time in Iceland Police Kill Civilian

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The small North Atlantic island nation of Iceland has recorded what is believed to be its first fatal police shooting of a civilian. The*BBC reported that police killed a 59-year-old man who was firing his shotgun out of his apartment in Árbær, a suburb east of Reykjavik, early Monday.*The Iceland Review reported that the man had made various threats to his neighbors

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With a population of about 325,000, Iceland has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, including a near absence of gun violence. But, intriguingly, Icelanders are heavily armed. According to reports, some 90,000 Icelanders – more than one-quarter of the country’s population -- own guns (including, of course, the man who was just killed by police). On a per capita basis, Iceland ranks 15th on the global list of gun ownership rates.

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Read full story @ Eden Shattered: Peaceful, Crime-Free Iceland Records Its Very First Fatal Police Shooting

 

[R.C. Christian]

Holds tongue.