EXCLUSIVE: The Scandinavian nation has ‘sleepwalked' into a crime nightmare where bombings have become commonplace.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - 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 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.

The action by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, set off protests across the Muslim world in 2023. He had received death threats, his lawyer said.

The Nordic country will double the amount of Stridsbåt 90 combat boats it’s donating from Swedish armed forces stocks to 32 boats, among other things.

Swedish authorities say an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish police arrested five people on Thursday after an Iraqi anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead hours before a court verdict was due in a trial over his burning the Koran, as the prime minister expressed concerns over the killing's links to a foreign power.

An Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden late on Wednesday, just hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Koran, a court document showed on Thursday.

An Iraqi man who previously made headlines for burning a copy of the Quran was shot and killed in Sweden. Anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika was shot dead in the country's capital city of Stockholm on Wednesday. Five people have been arrested following his assassination, Swedish authorities told CNN.

Momika was a known anti-Islam activist, who's burning of the holy book sparked protests in many Muslim countries in 2023.

"The investigation is still in its early stages, with extensive evidence collection underway, including forensic analysis and interrogations," the statement reads