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Iceland abolishes 400 year old law which ordered Basques to be killed on sight
Tourists from the Basque region in northern Spain can heave a sigh of relief: they can now visit Iceland without the threat of being killed on sight.
Icelandic authorities in the Westfjords region have repealed a law which orders the murder of any visitor from the Basque region.
The law, which applies only in Westfjords – a northern peninsula jutting out into the sea, and the most remote part of Iceland – dates back to 1615.
In that year Basque whalers ran aground in Strandir, in the far north of the Westfjords. The Westfjords sheriff at the time, Ari Magnusson, declared that any Basque people found in the Westfjords could be legally killed on the spot.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/11635123/Iceland-abolishes-law-which-orders-Basques-to-be-killed-on-sight.html
Icelandic authorities in the Westfjords region have repealed a law which orders the murder of any visitor from the Basque region.
The law, which applies only in Westfjords – a northern peninsula jutting out into the sea, and the most remote part of Iceland – dates back to 1615.
In that year Basque whalers ran aground in Strandir, in the far north of the Westfjords. The Westfjords sheriff at the time, Ari Magnusson, declared that any Basque people found in the Westfjords could be legally killed on the spot.
more
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/11635123/Iceland-abolishes-law-which-orders-Basques-to-be-killed-on-sight.html
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