Salwan Momika, who burnt Quran in 2023, shot dead in Sweden: Report
Salwan Momika, who burned the Quran in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead. A Stockholm court was set to rule on his incitement case but postponed proceedings, citing the death of a defendant.
A man who burnt the Quran in Sweden in 2023 and drew criticism from Muslim countries has been shot dead, news agency AFP reported on Thursday.
A Stockholm court was set to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian who burnt the Quran during protests, was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. The ruling was postponed after the court said, “one of the defendants has died.”
Swedish prosecutors had charged Momika and another man, Salwan Najem, with “offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group.” Prosecutors said the two men burned the Quran and made derogatory remarks about Muslims on four occasions, including an incident outside a Stockholm mosque.
“Both men are prosecuted for having on these four occasions made statements and treated the Quran in a manner intended to express contempt for Muslims because of their faith,” Senior Prosecutor Anna Hankkio was quoted as saying by Al Jazeera in its report.
“In my opinion, the men’s statements and actions fall under the provisions on agitation against an ethnic or national group,
