Australian police probe threatening letter to country’s largest mosque ahead of Ramadan

Australian police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation after a threatening letter was sent to the country’s largest mosque, the third such incident in the lead-up to the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The letter sent to Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s west on Wednesday contained a drawing of a pig and a threat to kill the “Muslim race”, local media reported.

Police said they had taken the letter for forensic testing, and would continue to patrol religious sites including the mosque...