police make woman remove burkini on a beach

police confronting woman on beach

French police have confronted a woman on a beach and make her remove a burkini as part of a ban on the swimwear.

Authorities in several French towns have implemented bans on the garment, which covers the body and head, citing concerns about religious clothing in the wake of recent terrorist killings in the country. see more pictures below

 The images of police confronting the woman in Nice on Tuesday show at least four police officers standing over a woman who was resting on the shore at the town’s Promenade des Anglais, the scene of last month’s Bastille Day lorry attack.

“I was sitting on a beach with my family,” said the 34-year-old woman who gave only her first name, Siam. “I was wearing a classic headscarf. I had no intention of swimming.”

 

  

 A witness to the scene, Mathilde Cousin, confirmed the incident. “The saddest thing was that people were shouting ‘go home’, some were applauding the police,” she said

Nice became the latest French resort to ban the burkini. Using language similar to the bans imposed earlier at other locations, the city barred clothing that “overtly manifests adherence to a religion at a time when France and places of worship is the target of terrorist attacks”.

The Nice ban refers specifically to the truck attack in the city on 14 July that claimed 86 lives, as well as the murder of a Catholic priest near the northern city of Rouen.

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