Police said in a statement they had been alerted to a shooting in the city of Sodertalje.
Stockholm:
A man who repeatedly burnt the Quran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported Thursday as police confirmed a man died in a shooting the day before.
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.
