Sweden probes ‘foreign power’ link in death of anti-Islam activist
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said in 2023 that Sweden had gone into “battle-array for war on the Muslim world” by supporting “the criminal”, and that “all Islamic scholars agree that those who desecrate the Koran deserved the most severe punishment”.
Swedish PM says shooting of anti-Islam campaigner may be linked to foreign power
The Swedish prime minister said the shooting of an anti-Islam campaigner just hours before a trial verdict was due on Thursday over his burning the Koran might be linked to a foreign power, and police arrested five people over the killing.
Man who burned Koran shot dead in Sweden, PM suggests link to 'foreign power'
Salwan Momika was facing four counts of agitating an ethnic group and a trial verdict had been due the day after his death
Five arrested in Sweden after anti-Islam campaigner shot dead; PM concerned over foreign links to shooting
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.
'Foreign power' behind murder of Quran burner Salwan Momika: Sweden
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson claimed a "foreign power" behind the murder of Salwan Momika, the Iraqi refugee who burnt the Quran in protests in 2023. "I can guarantee that the security services are deeply involved in this because there is obviously a risk that there is also a link to a foreign power,
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