Swedish police say man who burned Quran in public has been killed

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The incidents caused international outrage, and the ensuing protests helped fuel tensions over immigration from the Middle East and predominantly Muslim countries.

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00:00A man who publicly burned the Quran on several occasions in Sweden has been found dead, say

00:07Swedish police.

00:09They were alerted to a shooting on Wednesday night near Stockholm, where they found 38-year-old

00:15Salwan Momika's body with gunshot wounds.

00:18A murder investigation is now underway and five people have been arrested.

00:23Momika staged several burnings of Islam's holy book in Sweden in 2023, stirring anger

00:30in several Muslim nations.

00:32The incident caused an international outrage, and the ensuing protests helped fuel tensions

00:38over immigration from the Middle East.

00:42He argued that his protests targeted the religion of Islam, not Muslim people, and that he wanted

00:48to protect Sweden from the Quran's message.

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