Indonesian reporter receives pig’s head in incident condemned as ‘terror attack’
The severed head was found in a cardboard box delivered to Francisca Christy Rosana, who works for the Tempo magazine
An incident involving a severed pig’s head that was sent to an Indonesian political reporter has been condemned by her employer as a “terror attack”.
The head was found in a cardboard box from an anonymous sender addressed to “Cica”, the nickname of Francisca Christy Rosana, who works for the Tempo magazine.
The box was delivered to her office in Jakarta on Wednesday. It stayed unopened until Francisca returned to her office on Thursday after covering a story with her colleague Hussein Abri Yusuf Muda Dongoran, according to a report by Tempo.
Hussein told Tempo that there was a foul smell when the box was opened, revealing a decomposing pig’s head with its ears missing.
It was unclear why the pig’s head was sent to Francisca.
Pork is considered haram, or forbidden in Islam. The incident happened just as Muslims around the world were observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan.