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.