Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant who set off protests in Sweden and several Muslim countries when he burned a Quran in Stockholm in 2023, has been killed, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said ...

The Koran burning by Salwan Momika in front of a mosque nearly derailed Sweden's entry into NATO last year. Officials said he was shot while livestreaming just before midnight and was pronounced ...

Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images ...

Salwan Najem, who joined Momika in some protests and was also accused of burning a Quran, was a co-defendant in the case that was to be decided Thursday. He is now set to receive his verdict Feb. 3.

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. CNN values your feedback 1.

Stockholm condemned the 2023 burnings, although Swedish authorities allowed the demonstrations that summer, ... Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world.

STOCKHOLM — 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 ...

The Stockholm District Court, which had been set to rule Thursday on whether Momika and co-defendant Salwan Najem were guilty of “agitation against an ethnic or national group”, said that it ...

The fate of Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi refugee in Sweden known for his controversial Quran-burning protests, is unclear. Momika was on Thursday reported to have been shot dead in his apartment ...

Salwan Momika seen here burning a Koran in Sweden in 2023 was shot dead in Stockholm as he awaited a verdict in his trial, File Photo by Stefan Jerrevang/EPA-EFE ...

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. CNN values your feedback 1.