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.

An Iraqi refugee who burned the Koran in protest in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead south of Stockholm, authorities said Thursday, with Sweden's prime minister

While that success has been welcomed, it has put a strain on the prison system. In 2023, the latest year for which records are available, Swedish courts handed down prison sentences totalling just under 200,000 months, a 25% increase from the previous year and a doubling compared with 2014.

Salwan Momika caused widespread anger when he staged multiple Koran burnings in 2023. He was due to receive a verdict in a criminal trial in connection with the burnings today.

Swedish shoppers drove retail sales to their highest monthly gain since before the pandemic, adding to signs of recovery in household spending and bolstering the central bank’s view of no further easing.

Sweden wants to bring forward a new law that will allow authorities to secretly wiretap children under the age of 15 as the Nordic country grapples with a spate of bombings linked to criminal gangs.

An Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Koran, and five people were arrested over the shooting on Thursday.

An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a judge in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden, set off enormous protests when he burned a Quran in 2023. He had been scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.

A man who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead south of Stockholm, investigators said Thursday, adding that five people had been arrested.

Dem don shoot and kill one man wey cause violent protests afta im burn di Quran, for Sweden, according to reports. Reports say dem kill Salwan Momika, 38, for one house for Södertälje, Stockholm, on Wednesday evening. Kasala start afta oga Momika set fire to one of di Islam holy book outside Stockholm Central Mosque for 2023.