Pigs’ heads left outside mosques in Paris region

At least nine pigs’ heads were found outside several mosques in the Paris region on Tuesday, the city’s police chief said — an incident that has sparked alarm over rising anti-Muslim hatred.

“Pigs’ heads have been left in front of certain mosques… Four in Paris and five in the inner suburbs,” Laurent Nunez told a press conference, adding that officers were not “ruling out the possibility of finding more”.

Police have opened a probe into incitement to hatred aggravated by racial or religious…