Man who burned Quran shot dead in Sweden

An anti-Islam activist who sparked outrage across Muslim countries for burning the Koran has been shot dead in Sweden during a livestream on TikTok. Salwan Momika, 38, was ruthlessly gunned down in an apartment in the city of Sodertalje on Wednesday night. Swedish media reported that Momika was streaming live on TikTok at the time he was shot. A Stockholm court was due to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Qurans at a slew of protests, was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. It postponed the ruling until February 3, saying that "because Salwan Momika has died, more time is needed."
Police said in a statement they had been alerted to a shooting in the city of Sodertalje, where Momika lived. The shooting occurred indoors and when police arrived they found a man who had been "hit by shots and the man was taken to hospital", the statement said.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson addressed Momika's murder in a press conference in Stockholm.'I can assure you that the security services are deeply involved because there is obviously a risk that there is a connection to a foreign power,' he said.Sweden's migration agency in 2023 wanted to deport Momika for giving false information on his residency application, but couldn't as he risked torture and inhumane treatment in Iraq.