During livestream
Koran-burner Momika shot dead in Sweden
The Iraqi Salwan Momika had burned a Koran several times in Sweden, making headlines and causing resentment. Now the 38-year-old has been shot dead near Stockholm: The crime was broadcast live on Tiktok. The police are investigating the murder.
Momika was supposed to appear in court on Thursday, but the date has been postponed to February 3 "because Salwan Momika is dead", the authorities were quoted as saying by local media. The exiled Iraqi was shot dead in the Stockholm suburb of Södertalje on Wednesday evening. His body was discovered in his apartment on Thursday night.
Koran desecrated: Wiping shoes and playing soccer
Momika and another Christian Iraqi exile, Salwan Najem, had been charged with "agitation against an ethnic group". The two had burned copies of the Koran and desecrated them. They played soccer with the holy book, wiped their shoes with it and put pork in it. This angered many Muslims: during a protest in Baghdad, the Swedish embassy was stormed. Even the country's accession to NATO was delayed because of the incidents.
Iraqi exile killed during livestream
Particularly dramatic: Momika is said to have been broadcasting a livestream on TikTok when he was attacked. The newspaper "Aftonbladet" reported on a video in which a police officer shows the recording on a cell phone and immediately stops the clip again.
Co-defendant fears for his life
The verdict in the sedition trial was to be handed down on Thursday. Co-defendant Najem confirmed the death of his colleague to the daily newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet": "I'm afraid it's my turn next," he said.
The public prosecutor's office said that five people had already been arrested on suspicion of murder, but gave no further details about their identities.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Willkommen in unserer Community! Eingehende Beiträge werden geprüft und anschließend veröffentlicht. Bitte achten Sie auf Einhaltung unserer Netiquette und AGB. Für ausführliche Diskussionen steht Ihnen ebenso das krone.at-Forum zur Verfügung. Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.