Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'

A antheral who sparked convulsive protests aft burning the Quran has been changeable dormant successful Sweden, according to section media reports.

Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to person been killed successful an flat successful Södertälje, Stockholm, connected Wednesday evening.

Unrest broke retired aft Mr Momika acceptable occurrence to a transcript of Islam's beatified publication extracurricular Stockholm Central Mosque successful 2023.

Stockholm constabulary said successful a connection that 5 radical had been arrested aft a antheral successful his 40s was changeable dormant overnight.

Officers were called to a suspected shooting astatine an flat successful Hovsjö astir 23:11 section clip (22:11 GMT) connected Wednesday.

The man, who has not been named by police, was recovered with gunshot wounds and taken to hospital. The unit announced helium had died connected Thursday morning.

Local media reported that Mr Momika had been livestreaming connected societal media astir the clip helium was shot.

Mr Momika, an Iraqi surviving successful Sweden, was charged successful August alongside 1 different with "agitation against an taste group" connected 4 occasions successful the summertime of 2023.

The verdict, owed to beryllium delivered connected Thursday, was postponed aft it was "confirmed that 1 of the defendants had died", Stockholm District Court said.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Sweden's information services were progressive successful the probe due to the fact that determination was "obviously a hazard that determination were links to overseas powers," SVT reported.

Mr Momika carried retired a bid of anti-Islam protests, sparking outrage successful galore Muslim-majority countries.

Unrest took spot astatine the Swedish embassy successful Baghdad twice, portion the Swedish ambassador was expelled from the metropolis amid a diplomatic row.

Swedish constabulary had fixed Mr Momika support for the protestation successful which helium burnt the beatified book, in accordance with the country's free-speech laws.

The authorities aboriginal pledged to research ineligible means of abolishing protests that impact burning texts successful definite circumstances.