An Iraqi refugee who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near stolkholm , authorities said Salwan Momika, 38 staged severalburnings and deserations of Islams holy book in Sweden in 2023. vedeos of Quran Burning s got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several Muslim nations leading to riots and unrest in many places. the stolkholm district court said a verdic scheduled thursday in a trial in which momika wa a defendant was postponed because on th the defendant had died. a judge, at the court confirmed that the deceased ws Momika.
police said they were alerted to a shooting , Wednesday night at an apartment building in Sodertalje, near Stockholm and found . Prosecutors said five people were arrested over night on suspicious of murder . Prosecutor Rasmus Oman said the probe is still in its early stages and that the suspects and others still have to be questioned. Momika came to Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and was granted 3 year residence permit in 2021. Sweden PM Ulf Kristersson suggesting : “a foreign power: might have been involved”.