Person in history
Haukur Hilmarsson
Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (born 1986)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2018 · February 24
Their story
Who they were
Haukur Hilmarsson was an Icelandic political activist. He played a crucial role in initiating a movement for the rights of refugees in Iceland. He rose to prominence during the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests after climbing to the roof of the house of the Icelandic parliament, Alþingishúsið, and hoisting the flag of the Bónus supermarket chain on the building's flagpole.
Path and career
Death Haukur traveled to Syria in 2017 and joined an anarchist unit of the International Freedom Battalion called Revolutionary Union for Internationalist Solidarity (RUIS) alongside the YPG . He participated in the liberation of Raqqa that same year. [ 1 ] On 6 March 2018 Turkish media reported that Haukur had been killed in a Turkish airstrike in Afrin on 24 February. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As of February 2021, his body had not been retrieved. [ 5 ]
Why this date
Haukur Hilmarsson appears on our February 24 calendar for 2018 as a death entry.
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February 24 2018.
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