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Man who staged Quran burning protests in Sweden shot dead, authorities say
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities.
Sweden releases 5 arrested following the killing of an Iraqi who carried out Quran burnings
Swedish prosecutors say they have ordered the release of five men who were arrested after the fatal shooting of an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings.
Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'
Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm.
Iraqi at center of Quran burnings in Sweden shot dead before court verdict
Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set to receive a sentence in Sweden.
An Iraqi man who carried out Quran burnings in Sweden is killed in a shooting
An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, authorities said Thursday. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam's holy book in Sweden in 2023.
Salwan Momika: The Quran burner who stirred global controversy and killed in Sweden
Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Quran burnings. In June 2023,
Anti-Islam activist who burnt Koran is shot dead in Sweden
An anti-Islam refugee who became infamous for publicly burning the Koran in Sweden has been shot dead hours before a court verdict on his controversial stunts.
Quran burner Salwan Momika killed in Sweden
Police in Sweden have reportedly arrested five people after a man who repeatedly burnt the Quran was shot dead. The 2023 book burnings sparked outrage in Muslim countries.
Man who burned Quran in Stockholm is fatally shot
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant who set off protests when he burned a Quran in 2023, has been killed, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said Thursday morning.
Suspects in killing of Koran-burner in Sweden freed: prosecutor
Five suspects in the killing of Salwan Momika, who in 2023 repeatedly burned copies of the Koran, have all been freed, a prosecutor handling the case in Sweden said Friday. “The suspicions have been undermined and I see no reason to keep these people under arrest” over the killing on Wednesday,
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Murder of Quran desecrator in Sweden seen as attack on democracy
The alleged murder of Salwan Momika, the man who sparked outrage in Muslim-majority countries in 2023 by desecrating the ...
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Foreign power could be linked to anti-Islam campaigner's murder: Swedish PM
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's prime minister on Thursday said a foreign power may have been involved in the murder of an Iraqi refugee ...
Sweden Releases Suspects Held in Killing of Anti-Islam Campaigner
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in 2023 that people who desecrate the Koran should face the "most severe punishment" and that Sweden had "gone into battle-array for war on the ...