Salwan Momika was shot to death in Södertälje late on Wednesday evening, January 29. The verdict against him and his co-defendant Salwan Najem was to be announced the next day.
It's clear that it will be a very special situation. It has taken a few days to take in the fact, says Momika's lawyer Anna Roth.
A deceased person cannot be convicted, so the verdict had to be rewritten and postponed until Monday, when it was established that Najem would be convicted of incitement to racial hatred after four high-profile Quran burnings in Stockholm in 2023. Roth is convinced that Momika would also have been convicted, since the district court had established that they had acted in concert.
I definitely want to know how the district court assesses Momika's involvement, even though he is deceased and my assignment is completed, says she.
She describes the verdict as well-written, where different interests are weighed against each other.
It's important that everyone who wants to exercise their freedom of speech also knows where the boundary goes.
She expects the verdict to be appealed.
I had talked to my client about wanting to have this tried by the court of appeal, possibly the supreme court, so that there can be clearer guidelines for where the boundaries go, says she.
