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Pig heads left in mosques
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN police said three severed pigs' heads were found at two mosques on Wednesday, in the latest of a spate of attacks on places of worship that have escalated ethnic tensions.
National police chief Musa Hassan said one head was found in the grounds of the Masjid Taman Dato Harun in a Kuala Lumpur suburb and two others were left at the nearby Al Imam al Tirmizi mosque. The heads were from wild pigs commonly found in Malaysia.
'By looking at the modus operandi of the two incidents... I think it is the same group that is involved in the previous attacks,' he said, referring to assaults on two Muslim prayer halls and 11 churches in recent weeks.
The places of worship were pelted with Molotov cocktails, stones and paint in tensions triggered by a court ruling that overturned a government ban on non-Muslims using the word 'Allah' as a translation for 'God'.
Mr Musa said he believed the attacks were being funded by a group that was attempting to worsen tensions in Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim nation which is also home to large ethnic Chinese and Indian communities.
'I think they are throwing money to those carrying out the attacks to cause such incidents,' he told reporters. 'Don't play with fire, I will not compromise on the security of the country. Please do not provoke the public or any parties to undermine the security of the country,' he added. -- AFP
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_482759.html
Church kena set on fire, mosque kena pig head. I think the mosque got the better end of the deal