Salwan Momika, the Iraqi refugee infamous for burning the Quran, was shot dead in his apartment in the Swedish city of Sodertalje on Wednesday night.

Axar.az informs that this was reported by SVT television.

According to local media, Swedish authorities attended the scene after receiving information of a shootout in the Hovsjo district.

The shooting occurred indoors and when police arrived they found a man who had been "hit by shots and the man was taken to hospital", the statement said.

A man was found shot in a home in Hovsjo in Sodertalje late on Wednesday. It is 38-year-old Salwan Momika, who has died from gunshot wounds.

Stockholm police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl said that five suspects had been taken into police custody for questioning in connection with the brutal "execution".

Momika, along with Salwan Najem, was charged with "agitation against an ethnic group" on four occasions in the summer of 2023.

The 38-year-old militia leader was due to appear before a Stockholm court today accused of inciting ethnic hatred. But it postponed the ruling until February 3, saying that "because Salwan Momika has died, more time is needed".