Police unions in France are furious after three officers were injured trying to check the identity of a woman flouting the country's burka ban and who was later released to "appease tensions during Ramadan".
The officers ordered the 18-year-old called Marie-Louise to produce her identity card around midnight outside a mosque in the southern French city of Marseille, which has a large Muslim population.
She was wearing the niqab that leaves all but the eyes covered in contravention of a 2010 law banning wearing any face-covering veil in public.
The woman refused, saying: "I don't obey the laws of the French Republic" and allegedly bit one of the officers. Scuffles then broke out with around 50 people present including the woman's partner. Three officers were lightly injured. Full story...
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The officers ordered the 18-year-old called Marie-Louise to produce her identity card around midnight outside a mosque in the southern French city of Marseille, which has a large Muslim population.
She was wearing the niqab that leaves all but the eyes covered in contravention of a 2010 law banning wearing any face-covering veil in public.
The woman refused, saying: "I don't obey the laws of the French Republic" and allegedly bit one of the officers. Scuffles then broke out with around 50 people present including the woman's partner. Three officers were lightly injured. Full story...
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