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  2. Axlar-Björn - Wikipedia

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    Björn Pétursson (c. 1555–1596) was the only known serial killer in the history of Iceland. He was nicknamed Axlar-Björn , with Axlar being genitive of Öxl, his place of residence. [ 1 ]

  3. Capital punishment in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    Iceland's most recent instance of capital punishment occurred on January 12, 1830, when farm servants Agnes Magnúsdóttir (33) and Friðrik Sigurdsson (19) were beheaded in Vatnsdalshólar, Húnavatnssýsla. They had been accused of the murder of two farmers, Natan Ketilsson from Illugastaðir, and Pétur Jónsson from Geitaskarð, on March 14 ...

  4. List of genocides - Wikipedia

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    25% or more of the Arab population (50,000 people) of Zanzibar were killed by the end of 1964. [164] Maya genocide: Guatemala: 1962 1996 166,000 [167] 166,000 [168] The Guatemalan genocide was the massacre of Maya civilians during the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) by successive US-backed Guatemalan military governments.

  5. History of Iceland - Wikipedia

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    There is little consensus on how to divide Icelandic history. Gunnar's own book A Brief History of Iceland (2010) has 33 chapters with considerable overlap in dates. Jón J. Aðils' 1915 text, Íslandssaga (A History of Iceland) uses ten periods: Landnámsöld (Settlement Age) c. 870–930; Söguöld (Saga Age) 930–1030

  6. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    People's Republic of Angola, later Republic of Angola, and allies vs. Democratic People's Republic of Angola and allies Angola Burundian Civil War: 0.55–0.8 million [98] [99] [90] 1993–2005 Burundi vs. Ethnic Hutu vs. Tutsi Militants Rwanda and Burundi Second Punic War: 0.77 million [100] 218 BCE–201 BCE Roman Republic vs. Ancient Carthage

  7. Category:People murdered in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 03:29 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. Infanticide - Wikipedia

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    Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, [1]: 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring. Unwanted infants were usually abandoned to die of exposure, but in some societies they were deliberately killed.

  9. Category:Child deaths - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles about people who died as children or teenagers. NOTE: Only add articles directly to this category if they can't be more appropriately listed under one of the subcategories listed within Category:Children by cause of death .