Four more weeks in custody confirmed in the National Court

The National Court has confirmed the ruling of the District Court of four more weeks in custody for the two men who are suspected of planning a terrorist attack in Iceland. The custody will be until the 10 ^th of November, including that day, but this time there was not a demand for a solitary confinement.

Sveinn Andri Sveinsson is the defending attorney for one of the men, but he reveals to mbl.is that an independent psychiatric evaluation will take place in the case.

RÚV news reported that the police had asked for such an evaluation to establish how much of a threat was posed in private messages between the men, where they discussed murders and attacks on named individuals and institutions. Later, that request was dropped by the police.

Both men are in their twenties and were arrested less than a month ago.

Since then, a few people have come forward after being interviewed by the police. It was revealed that the men had talked about killing them or attacking them.   Amongst those are Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate, the Union leader for Efling, Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir and Gunnar Smári Egilsson, chairman of the Socialist Party.