Man who burned Quran in Sweden shot dead
Published : 30 Jan 2025, 23:33
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who burned Quran in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, international media reported, quoting Swedish authorities.
A spokesperson for Sweden’s prosecutor’s office confirmed that Momika was shot dead in capital city Stockholm on Wednesday, reported Cable News Network (CNN).
Stockholm police told CNN that five people had been arrested on Wednesday night on suspicion of murder.
Momika was on Thursday set to be handed a verdict in a trial where he was accused of incitement to racial hatred, Goran Lundahl, a lawyer for Stockholm’s District Court, told CNN.
This sentencing has now been postponed, the report added.
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