In a shocking turn of events, a severed finger was delivered to the official residence of the French President, the Elysee Palace, sparking a police investigation, CNN reports.
Investigation Underway
The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that the package contained “a piece of a finger, a fingertip it seems.” The police have opened a case for a “threat of a crime or offense against an elected official.”
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Context of the Incident
The incident comes at a time when President Emmanuel Macron‘s government has been grappling with public discontent over a controversial pension reform plan and the police killing of a teenager in the outskirts of Paris.
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