STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The Swedish prime minister said the shooting of an anti-Islam campaigner just hours before a trial verdict was due on Thursday over his burning the Koran might be linked to a foreign power, and police arrested five people over the killing.

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's prime minister on Thursday said a foreign power may have been involved in the murder of an Iraqi refugee who stoked international tensions by burning Holy Qurans at protests

Sweden’s prime minister said the shooting dead of the anti-Islam campaigner who burnt copies of the Koran and almost derailed the country’s Nato bid could be linked to a “foreign power” and was being investigated by intelligence services.