French government disgusted by attack on Muslim centre

FILE PHOTO: French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Paris, France December 10, 2020. Thomas Samson/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government on Sunday condemned the defacing of an Islamic cultural centre in western France with Islamaphobic slogans, and said an attack on Muslims was an attack on the Republic.

The tags, daubed on the side a building used as a prayer room in the city of Rennes, were found shortly before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins in France on Tuesday.