Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin expressed his "disgust" after the discovery of anti-Islam tags on the walls of a mosque in Tarbes on Wednesday.
These inscriptions caricature the prophet Muhammad and indicate "Islam outside".
In a press release, the prefect of Hautes-Pyrénées affirms that "these acts have no place in our Republic"
Anti-Islam tags were discovered Wednesday morning on the walls of the Tarbes mosque, according to the Hautes-Pyrénées prefecture.
At a time when the Hyper Cacher and Charlie Hebdo attacks begin, the authors of these acts have drawn a caricature of the prophet Muhammad and inscribed "Islam outside", report the local news site Tarbes7.fr and France 3 Occitanie.
"Investigators are hard at work under the authority of the Public Prosecutor to identify the perpetrators as quickly as possible", explains the prefect of Hautes-Pyrénées in a press release.
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Tags will be deleted during the day
"All the readings were carried out this morning, which will allow these tags to be erased during the day. These acts have no place in our Republic," the statement continued.
These inscriptions have aroused the condemnation and "disgust" of the Minister of the Interior Gérard Darmanin.
"Disgust at the discovery this (Wednesday) morning of offensive tags on a mosque in Tarbes. These acts have no place in our Republic," the minister reacted on Twitter.
Disgust at the discovery this morning of offensive tags on a mosque in #Tarbes.
These acts have no place in our Republic.
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) September 2, 2020
The LR mayor of Tarbes Gérard Trémège, who went there, said he was "outraged by these heinous acts of desecration", which occurred "on this opening day of the trial of the attacks against #CharlieHebdo and #HyperCacher".
"I send all my thoughts and support to the Tarbes Muslim community, deeply affected this (Wednesday) morning," he added in a tweet.