A pig’s head found on the gate of the house of the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, an investigation opened | EUROtoday

An investigation was opened by the courts after a pig’s head and an insulting and anti-Semitic poster have been left in entrance of the house of the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, the prosecutor’s workplace stated on Saturday February 28.

This investigation is open for “threats and contempt towards a person holding public authority” And “provocation to hatred and violence on grounds of religion”specified the general public prosecutor, Damien Martinelli.

Christian Estrosi (Horizons), candidate for re-election on March 15 and 22 within the municipal election of this southeastern metropolis, himself posted a photograph of this pig’s head on the social community X. It is accompanied by a poster titled “Asshole!” » and exhibiting the face of the aedile with a Star of David, image of Judaism, on the brow.

“Abject”

“Everything I have always fought in my city is knocking on my door today. Abject »commented the outgoing mayor on this post.

The latter immediately received a message of solidarity from his main opponent in the election, the deputy Eric Ciotti, president of the UDR allied to the RN, who, in a press release, assured “the mayor of Nice and his family” of his “full support in this ordeal”denouncing “a serious attack on human dignity and a direct attack on the fundamental values ​​of the Republic”.

After the unprecedented assault by the Palestinian Islamist motion Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023, Christian Estrosi, in a measure of help for this nation, hung Israeli flags on the pediment of the city corridor, which he needed to take away final June following a call by the executive court docket. He has since, on a number of events, taken a stand to defend the Israeli authorities.