(ANALYSIS) On Jan. 29, Salwan Momika was shot to death in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. He had been investigated by Swedish authorities and targeted by Islamist extremists since he publicly burned ...

Salwan Momika, 38, was an Assyrian Catholic who fled to Sweden several years ago. In a horrific and targeted killing, an Iraqi refugee who burnt the Quran in Sweden was shot dead in his apartment on ...

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 desecrations of ...

Salwan Momika, the Iraqi figure behind the controversial Quran burnings in Sweden, has been found dead following a shooting incident in Sodertalje, near Stockholm, according to judicial sources. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a judge in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.