Nine Shots on a Quiet Street: Angjelin Sterkaj and the Rauðagerði Murder
Reykjavík, 13 February 2021. A man parks outside his home. His wife and children are inside. From a garage, someone is waiting. Nine shots. A silenced pistol. Less than a minute.
Iceland almost never sees an execution on a residential street. Then Angjelin Sterkaj killed fellow Albanian Armando Beqirai in Rauðagerði — a case that became one of the largest investigations in Icelandic history, bounced through three courts, and ended with a 16-year sentence… and, five years later, parole, deportation, and a lifetime ban from Schengen.
Host Alexander Lawson tells the story of the murder, the…
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