Overview

• Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said four sites were in the capital and five in inner suburbs, and he did not rule out more discoveries.
• The heads were left on public roads near mosques, and a police unit and prosecutors are investigating suspected incitement to hatred aggravated by discrimination.
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the incidents as outrageous and unacceptable, urging that Muslims be able to worship in peace.
• Grand Mosque of Paris rector Chems-Eddine Hafiz denounced the acts as Islamophobic and called for national solidarity.
• The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has tracked rising anti-Muslim hatred and antisemitism in several EU countries since October 2023, a context cited by officials.