Police hold three after attack during Reykjavík home break-in

Two men and a woman are in police custody after breaking into an apartment in Reykjavík and attacking a resident around midnight, mbl.is reports. Police say the circumstances remain unclear.

Police received a report shortly after midnight, but the three had left by the time officers arrived. They took nothing from the apartment, which is in Reykjavík’s 104 postal district.

Jón Þór Karlsson, a police representative with the capital area police, said the three appeared to believe they had an unresolved matter with the household or were carrying out some kind of action. The residents said they did not know the three and had no dispute with anyone.

Only one of the two householders was home at the time. The three wanted to speak to the other resident, who was away and also said he did not know them.

Police identified the three using security camera footage and later arrested them. They were held in a police cell.