Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi Christian whose actions sparked outrage in several Muslim countries, was shot on January 29 in an apartment in Sodertalje, south of Stockholm. He died soon after in hospital.
According to daily Aftonbladet, police had placed Momika in a secret location ahead of the verdict for his protection and he was streaming an address live on TikTok when intruders burst in.
They were formally dismissed as suspects on Friday.
“We are working broadly and I can’t go into which leads we are following,“ he added.
It ultimately convicted 50-year-old Najem, also of Iraqi origin, of inciting ethnic hatred during four Koran burnings in 2023.
Relations between Sweden and several Middle Eastern countries were strained by the pair’s actions.
In August 2023, Sweden’s intelligence service Sapo raised its threat level to four on a scale of one to five, saying the Koran burnings had made the country a “prioritised target”.
Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch called Momika’s murder “a threat to our free democracy”, while Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said there was “a risk that there is also a link to a foreign power”.
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