An Iraqi man who carried out a number of Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a capturing close to Stockholm, authorities stated Thursday.
Salwan Momika, 38, staged a number of burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy guide in Sweden in 2023. Movies of the Quran burnings acquired worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in a number of Muslim nations, resulting in riots and unrest in lots of locations.
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The Stockholm District Courtroom stated a verdict scheduled Thursday in a trial by which Momika was a defendant was postponed as a result of one of many defendants had died. A choose on the courtroom, Göran Lundahl, confirmed that the deceased was Momika. He stated he did not have any info on when or how Momika died.
Salwan Momika speaks in Malmö, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2023. (Johan Nilsson/TT Information Company through AP)
Police stated they had been alerted to a capturing Wednesday night time at an condominium constructing in Sodertalje, close to Stockholm, and located a person with gunshot wounds who later died.
Broadcaster SVT reported that the sufferer was Momika.
Prosecutors stated 5 folks had been arrested in a single day on suspicion of homicide. They stated all had been adults however gave no additional particulars.
Prosecutor Rasmus Öman stated the investigation remains to be in its early levels and that the suspects and others nonetheless need to be questioned.
Momika got here to Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and was granted a three-year residence allow in 2021, in response to SVT.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated Sweden’s safety service was concerned as a result of “there’s clearly a danger that there’s a connection to a overseas energy,” Swedish information company TT reported.
Momika argued that his protests focused the faith of Islam, not Muslim folks. He stated he wished to guard Sweden’s inhabitants from the messages of the Quran. Swedish police allowed his demonstrations, citing freedom of speech, whereas submitting expenses towards him.
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Final March, he was arrested in neighboring Norway after stating that he would search asylum there, and was despatched again to Sweden, TT reported.
Momika and a co-defendant had been charged in August with incitement to hatred due to statements they made in reference to the Quran burnings. A verdict was speculated to be handed down on Thursday morning.