A mosque in northwestern France was vandalized with pig head graffiti, a Turkish-Muslim group on Monday said, reporting the second such attack on the region’s Muslim community in the past week, APA reports citing Daily Sabah.
A pig head graffiti was found on Sunday on the door of a mosque in Cherbourg, operated by the Turkish-Islamic Union of Religious Affairs (DITIB), the group said in a statement.
Condemning the "unacceptable action" targeting the mosque, the group expressed its firm commitment to defend the values of respect and humanity.
Last week, a plaster grenade typically used in military drills was left in front of a mosque run by DITIB in the northern French city of Saint-Omer.
A similar incident took place last year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when several people left a pig’s head outside the same mosque.
The mayor of Saint-Omer, François Decoster, too, denounced the "heinous" and "criminal" act targeting the place of worship.
"On behalf of the people of Saint-Omer, I wanted to assure the Franco-Turkish community of Saint-Omer of our town's support," he added.
An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of the incident. The city's mayor has promised to strengthen security around places of worship, particularly through video surveillance.
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