Police seek remand custody in Breiðholt homicide case

Police have asked for a man to be held in custody over suspected involvement in a homicide in Breiðholt, mbl.is reported. The man was brought before a judge at Reykjavík District Court on Sunday evening.

The case concerns a knife attack in Breiðholt in which a man in his thirties died. Police said two men were attacked overnight near the shopping centre in Hraunberg. One was pronounced dead on arrival at the emergency department, while the other remains in intensive care in stable condition.

Police seized a knife from an apartment building in Hólar on Sunday in connection with the case. E. Agnes Eide, a chief superintendent in the police investigation department, told mbl.is that prosecutors had requested the man’s remand in custody.