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Memmingen Mosque Desecrated With Pig Head as Hate-Crime Units Lead Probe

Authorities are treating the desecration as an anti-Muslim hate offense.

Overview

  • Unknown attackers left a severed pig head on the mosque’s crescent early Friday during the local “Freinacht” prank night.
  • Police say balloons filled with animal blood were thrown at the entrance of the DITIB community mosque.
  • The Memmingen state-protection unit is leading the case, and Munich’s central extremism prosecutors have joined and appealed for witnesses.
  • Prosecutors say the evidence points to an anti-Muslim motive under laws covering insult of a religious community and property damage.
  • The DITIB community condemned the act and vowed not to be intimidated, in a year after Germany logged a sharp rise in anti-Muslim incidents.