Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant who set off huge protests when he burned a Quran in Stockholm in 2023, has been killed, the Swedish Prosecution Authority mentioned Thursday morning. The police mentioned that that they had arrested 5 folks and {that a} homicide investigation had been launched.
Mr. Momika had been set to seem in Stockholm District Courtroom on Thursday on a cost of agitation towards an ethnic or nationwide group.
The Stockholm police, who declined to verify that Mr. Momika had been killed, mentioned that there had been a taking pictures late on Wednesday in Sodertalje, a metropolis close to Stockholm, and {that a} man had died. The prosecution authority then confirmed that Mr. Momika was that man.
The authorities didn’t say if the killing was linked to Mr. Momika’s burning of the Quran.
Mr. Momika set off protests across the Muslim world and in Sweden after he burned the Quran outdoors a mosque on one of many holiest days in Islam. He had expressed anti-Islam views and mentioned he was making an attempt to boost consciousness in regards to the mistreatment of Christian minorities by Islamists in some components of the Muslim world.
Many Muslims have been offended with the Swedish authorities, who didn’t act to cease his protest. Though the authorities condemned Mr. Momika’s anti-Muslim actions, they mentioned that Swedish free speech legal guidelines meant that they had little energy to intervene.
A allow obtained for Mr. Momika’s gathering, nevertheless, had mentioned that demonstrators weren’t allowed to burn objects in Stockholm. Mr. Momika was charged with agitation towards an ethnic or nationwide group, mentioned Rasmus Oman, the prosecutor assigned to the case.
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