Sweden releases 5 orders following the murder of an Iraqi who made burns of the Koran

Stockholm (AP) – The Swedish prosecutors said on Friday that they had ordered the release of five men who had been arrested after the deadly shot of an Iraqi man who Performed several burns of the Koran.

Salwan Mamika staged Several burns and profanations From the sacred book of Islam in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Koran burns obtained global advertising and raised anger and criticism in several Muslim nations, leading to riots and disorders in many places.

Mamika was killed in a shooting Wednesday evening in an apartment building in Sodoutalje, near Stockholm. Five people were arrested in the following hours, suspected of murder.

Prosecutor Rasmus Öman said in a statement on Friday that the suspicions they had committed a crime were weakening and that he no longer sees a reason to keep them in detention.

The press release added that suspicion has not yet been completely rejected and that the investigators are still studying what exactly happened and who was behind the murder.