Five suspects in the killing of Salwan Momika, who in 2023 repeatedly burned copies of the Koran, have all been freed, a prosecutor handling the case in Sweden said Friday. “The suspicions have been undermined and I see no reason to keep these people under arrest” over the killing on Wednesday,

Salwan Momika was facing four counts of agitating an ethnic group and a trial verdict had been due the day after his death

Salwan Momika, who came to Sweden in 2018, had argued that his protests targeted the religion of Islam, not Muslim people. He argued that he wanted to protect Sweden’s population from the messages of

Prosecutor Rasmus Oman confirmed to AFP that an investigation had been opened into the murder of 38-year-old Salwan Momika and that five people had been arrested.

A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports. Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm, on Wednesday evening.

Salwan Momika, the man who burnt Quran in Sweden, died in shooting near capital Stockholm. The Swedish media reports that Momika came to Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and was granted a three-year residence permit in 2021.

An Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Koran, and five people were arrested over the shooting on Thursday.