Iraqi Koran Burner shot in Sweden

STOCKHOLM – A man who burns the Koran many times in Sweden in 2023, which caused indignation in Muslim countries, was shot, the media reported on Thursday, when the police confirmed that the man died during the shooting of the previous day.

The court in the capital of Sweden Stockholm was to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned the corans during a lot of protests, was guilty of incingation of ethnic hatred.

Salwed in Sweden Salwan Momika uses a megaphone to speak in the city of Malmö in southern Sweden, September 3, 2023.

This translated the decision until February 3, saying that “because Salwan Momika died, more time is needed.”

In a statement, the police said that they were notified of a shooting in the south -eastern city of Sodertalje, where the Momik lived.

Shooting took place in the room, and when the police arrived, they found a man who was “hit by arrows and the man was taken to the hospital (statement.

In the later update, the police said that the man had died and an investigation into the murder was opened.

Several media identified the dead as a micrubs and announced that shooting could be broadcast live on social media.

In August, the Momika together with co -retrievo Salwan Lezema was accused of “agitation against the ethnic group” four times in the summer of 2023.

According to a sheet of fees, the duo was desecrated by the Koran, including burning it, while making derogatory remarks about Mus-Lims-verson before the Stockholm mosque.

Relations between Sweden and several Middle East countries were tense of steam protests.

Protesters in the Iraqi Swedish embassy in Baghdad twice in July 2023, starting fires within the complex after the second sermon of OC.

In August this year, SAPO Swedish intelligence services raised a level of threat to four on a scale of five after the Koran Purnings made the Scandinavian country a “priority goal.”

The Swedish government condemned desecration, while noting constitutionally protected freedom of speech and assembly.

In October 2023, the Swedish court convicted a man for inciting ethnic hatred with the burning Koran 2020, for the first time the national court system tried the allegation for desecration of the Holy Book of Islam.

Prosecutors have previously said that, according to Swedish law, the burning of the Koran can be seen as criticism of the book and religion, and thus be protected on the basis of freedom of speech.

However, depending on the context and statements made at that time, it can also be considered “agitation against the ethnic group.”