In Nice, an unimaginable pig’s head affair shakes up the tip of the municipal marketing campaign | EUROtoday

“I am the victim of an unprecedented outrage. » This is what Christian Estrosi, candidate (Horizons) for his re-election as mayor of Nice, declared on Friday March 6, while an incredible affair shakes up a tense municipal campaign. The vote pits him against his eternal rival, Eric Ciotti, formerly of the Les Républicains party who became president of the Union of Rights for the Republic, allied with the National Rally.

On February 27, when he returned home with his partner, Christian Estrosi discovered a pig’s head cut in two, accompanied by one of his campaign posters, marked with a Star of David and the word “asshole”, hanging on the entrance to his residence. The mayor of Nice is understood for his fervent help for Israel. An investigation is open.

Two males of Tunisian nationality have been arrested on the night of Friday March 6 on this case. Placed in police custody, they have been indicted for “aggravated violence against an elected public official”, “public incitement to hatred or violence”, and positioned in pre-trial detention, introduced the Nice prosecutor, Damien Martinelli, on Friday night. Two, even three accomplices are nonetheless needed, in line with a supply near the case. An indication that the case is being taken severely by the courts, a judicial investigation was opened and entrusted to 2 investigating judges.

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