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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.
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Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'
Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm.
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.
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.
Man suspected of 'burning Quran' arrested days after anti-Islam activist killed in Sweden
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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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