A police probe has been opened after a package containing a chopped human fingertip was sent to the Elysée Palace, the official residence of French President Emmanuel Macron, according to media reports.
“A piece of a finger, a fingertip it seems,” was mailed to the Elysée, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN on Thursday, adding the police on Monday had opened an investigation into a “threat of a crime or offense against an elected official.”
According to French newswire AFP, the fingertip belonged to the package’s sender, who has a psychiatric condition.
After winning reelection last year but failing to secure a parliamentary majority, Macron has faced a tumultuous start to his second term. His approval ratings have plummeted in recent months after he pushed through a controversial pensions reform which raised the retirement age from 62 to 64.
