Death at Keflavik International Airport
A foreign national travelling from Amsterdam to New York became ill and the plane had to land at Keflavik International Airport. Paramedics attended to the passenger who was pronounced dead moments later.
This incident occurred on Thursday. The US embassy was notified.
Other recent news
Stefánsson to return to Iceland within next few days
Escaped prisoner Sindri Þór Stefánsson suspected of masterminding the Bitcoin Heist in Iceland will be returning to Iceland in the next few days confirms his lawyer Þorgils Þorgilsson.
Escaped Bitcoin Heist prisoner arrested in Amsterdam
Sindri Þór Stefánsson was arrested in central Amsterdam yesterday. This was confirmed last night by police to mbl.is.
Police have a great amount of evidence on escaped prisoner
Police hold a variety of evidence against Sindri Þór Stefánsson who escaped from Sognið prison last week. Phone reords, car rental records and drawings of the computer data centre which was robbed, found at his home, are amongst the evidence held by police.
"Stupid declaration," says police chief on escaped prisoner's newspaper announcement
Ólafur Helgi Kjartansson, chief of police in Suðurnesjar, South West Iceland, says that all of the statements made by Sindri Þór Stefánsson in a declaration sent to Fréttablaðið newspaper, are wrong, except for one.
Escaped Icelandic prisoner: "I'll be back soon"
Sindri Þór Stefánsson, the prisoner who escaped from Sognið open prison and fled Iceland on Wednesday morning has sent a declaration to Fréttablaðið newspaper saying that he was held in jail without justice and that he's going to prove it. He also said he's coming home to Iceland soon.
Escaped prisoner was on same flight as Iceland's PM
The prisoner who escaped from the Sognið open prison was on the same flight out of Iceland as Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir. The PM was travelling to Sweden to meet with Nordic heads of state and the Indian Prime Minister.
Man sentenced to 16 years for murder of woman in West Reykjavik in September
The Reykjavik District Court has sentenced Khaled Cairo to 16 years in prison for the murder of Sanita Brauna in September.
Prisoner escaped to Sweden
The prisoner who escaped from Sognið prison last night has escaped from Iceland. This has been confirmed by police to mbl.is. The prisoner left on a flight to Sweden at 07.34 this morning.
Police called as student threatens to shoot at school in a Facebook status update
The Reykjavik Metropolitan Police apprehended a student at Fjölbrautarskólinn við Ármúla, a college in central Reykjavik this morning. The reason was that the student had written a Facebook status that stated, "One like and I'll shoot up my school."
Police search for escaped prisoner
Police in Reykjanes on the South West peninsula are searching for a prisoner who escaped from Sognið prison last night.
