EXCLUSIVE: The Scandinavian nation has ‘sleepwalked' into a crime nightmare where bombings have become commonplace.

Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi man who staged several burnings and desecrations of the Quran in Sweden in 2023, has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm.

Sweden will fast-track new legislation to allow police to use electronic surveillance tools against minors after dozens of gang-related bombings in the capital Stockholm in January, the prime minister said on Thursday.

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, an Iraqi immigrant who sparked huge protests by burning a Koran in Stockholm in 2023, was shot dead in Sweden. He was due to stand trial. Police

Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to handle an influx of new inmates arising from a wave of gang crime.

The Nordic country will double the amount of Stridsbåt 90 combat boats it’s donating from Swedish armed forces stocks to 32 boats, among other things.

An Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden late on Wednesday, just hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Koran, a court document showed on Thursday.

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities.

Eagerly-awaited as one of the star projects of the new Nordic Gateway strand of the Göteborg Film Festival, a new section connecting international features to Nordic partners, “Honor of Persia,” the solo directing debut of French-Iranian actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi,

An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew worldwide uproar, authorities said.