Pig heads left outside mosques in the Paris area
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records pig heads left outside mosques around Paris; the BBC reported that France suspected foreign intelligence. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location France; the dataset dates it only to September 2025, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 September 2025
- Where
- Paris, France
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 2 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence BBC News
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | confirmed | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
| 2026-10-28 06:37 UTC | status | confirmed | reported | P1 refresh: new citations or desk-eng ruling; graded again by the one rule |
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The War Record, "Pig heads left outside mosques in the Paris area", ev-20261027-8ej9, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-8ej9/