The Assalam mosque, Malakoff district in Nantes.

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J. Urbach / 20 Minutes

  • An envelope containing three cartridges was sent to the Al-Houda Mosque in Saint-Herblain.

  • A letter with the same content was also sent to the Assalam mosque in Nantes-Malakoff.

“We don't understand what's going on, but it's serious.

We are worried, ”reacts one of the representatives of the Al-Houda mosque in Saint-Herblain.

Thursday afternoon, the place of worship located in the Preux district received by mail a letter containing three cartridges similar to those of a rifle.

The information, revealed by Télénantes, was confirmed at

20 minutes

by the man who collected the mail.

A complaint was immediately filed.

Police opened an investigation.

“I found a sealed, stamped envelope in the letterbox, with our address,” he says.

It was a bit heavy.

I opened it at the office and found three casings inside, or three cartridges, I don't know anything about weapons.

I called the police immediately.

She took it very seriously.

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Same threatening letter to Malakoff

Opened twenty years ago, the Al-Houda Mosque is currently closed due to the re-containment.

She had "never received the slightest threat, nor experienced the slightest problem," said one of its representatives.

“It's a very moderate, very open mosque,” ​​he continues.

We have between 400 and 500 people of various nationalities who come to pray here on Friday.

Of course, we are surprised by these threats.

Our community is talking about it and they are starting to be afraid.

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The concern is all the more acute as the great Assalam mosque, Malakoff district in Nantes, also received at the same time a letter containing cartridges, we learned this Friday.

It would have been sent by mistake to Nantes metropolis.

The Assalam Mosque, managed by the Islamic Association of Western France (AIOF), was created in 2012. It is also closed due to confinement.

The Nantes public prosecutor's office has, for the time being, not responded to our requests.

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