Swedish Police on Thursday Said People Had Been Arrested Over The Fatal Shooting Of An Iraqi Man Who Carried Out Several Quran Burnings.
The Man Had Been Due to Attend Stockholm District Court Later In The Day For The Verdict in A Case Over “Office of Agitation Against to Ethnic Or National Group.”
What we understand thus far
The Incident Occurred Indoors and When Police Arrived They Found a Man Who Had Been “Hit by Shots and The Man Was Taken to The Hospital,” The Statement Said.
Police Later Said They Had Made Several Arrests in Connection with the capturing.
“Police Arrested Five People Overight. Prosecutors have detailed them,” A Police Statement Said.
“We’re in the very early stages,” Prosecutor Rasmus Oman Confirmed Told the AFPNews Agency “There’s a lot of information gathering,” Heer Said.
Swedish Media Said Momika Had Been Streaming Live on Tiktok at the time he was fired.
The 38-Year-Old Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi, Sted Several Desecrations and Burning of Islam’s Holy Book.
The Stockholm Court Where Momika Was Due to Appear Said A Verdict Had Been Postponed Because One of the Defendants had actually passed away.
What What The Case Against Momika?
Momika and co-protester Salwan Najem Were in August Chared with “Agitation Against to Ethnic Group” On Four Occasions in 2023.
The Charge Sheet Says The Pair Desecrated The Koran, Including Setting It On Fire,While Making Derogatory Remarks About Muslims On one event, the demonstration happened outside a stockholm mosque.
Sweden’s connections with Several Middle Eastern Countries Were Strained by the Pair’s Protests.
Swedish Police Allowed the Demonstrations, Citing Freedom of Speech, While So Filing Charges Against Him.
Protesters in Iraq Twice Stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in July 2023, Setting Fires Within the Compound on the Second Occasion.
RC/WD (AFP, AP)
