2008 Icelandic lorry driver protests

The protest came about due to increasing oil prices and working hours.

Truck drivers began protesting against these prices, also aiming for lower tariffs on fossil fuels.

[3] According to a person's iReport footage, somebody from behind the police barricade sprayed a can of fluid into the crowd, possibly CS gas, as one protester is seen rubbing their eyes a few seconds later.

[4] Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde told the Fréttablaðið newspaper, “I am very sorry this happened.

It is not in consistency with Icelandic traditions to solve disputes with violence, but I believe it is necessary that police use the resources they have to protect public safety.”[5]