Pig heads appeared outside several mosques round Paris on Tuesday, authorities stated, decrying the insult to Muslims.
France has Europe’s largest inhabitants of Muslims, over 6 million, for whom pigs are thought-about impure.
“An inquiry has been immediately opened,” Paris police chief Laurent Nunez stated on X. “Everything is being done to find the perpetrators of these despicable acts.”
The Paris prosecutor’s workplace stated pig heads had been present in entrance of no less than two mosques in Paris and one simply outside town limits.
A pig head was additionally present in a suitcase outside a mosque within the north of town, it stated.
The phrase “Macron” was scrawled in blue at one of many websites, it added, an obvious reference to French President Emmanuel Macron, who’s engulfed in a political and fiscal crisis.
A Paris police unit is investigating the incident for suspected incitement to hatred, aggravated by discrimination.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the acts.
“I want our Muslim compatriots to be able to practice their faith in peace,” he stated. “I understand that they feel hurt.”