Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden in 2023 has died. He was killed in a shooting in a nearby city, AFP reported quoting local media.
He was under investigation by Swedish authorities for incitement against ethnic groups in Sweden.
Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam's holy book in Sweden. Videos of the burnings got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several Muslim nations, leading to riots and unrest in many places.
The Stockholm District Court said a verdict scheduled Thursday in a trial in which Momika was a defendant was postponed because one of the defendants had died.
Local media and Court documents confirmed that the deceased was Momika.
Police said they were alerted to a shooting Wednesday night in Sodertalje, near Stockholm, and found a man with gunshot wounds. He later died, and a preliminary murder investigation was opened.
With agency inputs
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