PARIS (Reuters) -A police investigation showed foreign nationals placed the pig heads that were found outside at least nine mosques in and around Paris on Tuesday, the Paris Prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
The probe established that the pig heads “had been placed there by foreign nationals who immediately left the country, with the clear intention of causing unrest within the nation,” the statement said.
“A farmer from Normandy came forward to tell investigators that two people had come to buy a dozen pig heads from him, and described their vehicle, which had Serbian number plates,” it added.
CCTV footage showed these same individuals had arrived in Paris in the same vehicle during the night of Monday, September 8, to Tuesday, September 9.
The images also showed two men leaving