STOCKHOLM — A man who repeatedly burnt the Quran in Sweden in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported on Thursday as police confirmed that a man died in a shooting the day before.

A court in Sweden's capital Stockholm was due to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Qurans at a slew of protests, was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred.

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