Mosque set alight
2006-09-24 20:06
Paris - Swastikas were painted on the walls of two mosques in France on the weekend, and one was set alight in disturbing instances of racist vandalism, police said on Sunday.
The mosque which was torched, in the northwest town of Quimper, suffered damage from the flames. Six swastikas were painted on the outside of its walls.
In the southwestern town of Carcassonne, the other mosque was daubed with swastikas and slogans reading "France for the French", "Arabs get out" and "Death to Islam", officials said.
Investigations have been launched to find the perpetrators.
The attacks came as Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, got under way.
- AFP