Man who burned Quran ‘shot dead in Sweden’

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A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports.

Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm on Wednesday evening.

Unrest broke out after Mr Momika set fire to a copy of Islam’s holy book outside Stockholm’s central Mosque in 2023.

Mr Momika and his partner were charged in connection with the Quran burning, but the verdict, due to be delivered on Thursday, was postponed after it was “confirmed that one of the defendants had died”, Stockholm District Court said.

Stockholm police told state broadcaster SVT News that a man in his 40s was found shot in an apartment and later died.

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