"The suspects, all Serbian citizens, were arrested this week and are believed to have carried out a series of hate acts between April and September this year. The alleged ringleader, identified with the initials M.G., remains at large. The latest incident occurred in Paris in early September, when pigs' heads were left in front of nine Paris mosques. Several had French President Emmanuel Macron's name scrawled on them."
"French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez launched an investigation, saying on X on September 9 that all efforts were being made to "find the perpetrators of these heinous acts." Paris police reported that the investigation ultimately showed that the pigs' heads had been placed by foreign nationals traveling in a car with Serbian license plates. A farmer from Normandy told investigators that two people in a vehicle with license plates "that looked like Serbian ones" bought 12 pigs' heads from him"
"Surveillance cameras recorded the same individuals arriving in Paris and showed two men placing pigs' heads in front of several mosques, the police said. In April, a number of sites in Paris that included the Holocaust Museum, three synagogues, and a Jewish restaurant were vandalized with green paint. The group of 11, identified by their initials only, were questioned at the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in the Serbian city of Smederevo, the office said in a statement."
Eleven Serbian citizens were arrested and questioned on suspicion of carrying out hate acts against Muslim and Jewish sites between April and September. Pigs' heads were left in front of nine mosques, several bearing Emmanuel Macron's name. Surveillance footage linked individuals traveling in a car with Serbian license plates to the placements, and a Normandy farmer said two people bought 12 pigs' heads before leaving. Earlier, the Holocaust Museum, three synagogues and a Jewish restaurant were vandalized with green paint. The suspects were questioned in Smederevo and face charges of racial and other discrimination and espionage; nine may be remanded for up to 30 days. The alleged ringleader, M.G., remains at large.
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