Has Salwan Momika been found dead in Norway?
News has taken the Internet by storm claiming that Former Iraqi militia Salwan Momika has been found dead in Norway. Momika, who is known for his anti-Islam stance and burning of the Quran, has recently moved to Norway from Sweden.
An account named The Saviour shared the image of Salwan on X and wrote: ” Salwan Momika, a man who burnt the Holy Quran several times in Sweden, was found dead in Norway”.
This post has accumulated more than 3 million views on X(Twitter).
Subsequently, other users also shared the images of Salwan and made similar claims.
Fact-Check
The DFRAC team investigated the above viral news by searching some keywords on Google in the context of the above viral news. We found some media reports during this process.
Media Report from Document and India Today
We found a recent media report by the Norwegian newspaper website ‘Document‘. The media report stated: “ The Police’s Immigration Unit is not aware that Salwan Momika has been found dead in Norway. Thus, the rumours buzzing internationally have been denied.- The police’s immigration unit (PU) is not aware that someone with the above name has died in Norway recently, we get a response from the communications department”.
Furthermore, another media report by India Today mentioned: “There was no official public statement issued by the Norwegian government” concerning the viral news of Salwan Momika’s death.
Conclusion
It is evident from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral news claiming Salwan Momika has been found dead in Norway is misleading as the rumours have been internationally denied.
Therefore, the claim made by social media users is false.
