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Police attacked outside Paris after Islamic veil arrest
Around 250 protesters clashed with police firing tear gas in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Friday night after police checked the identity of a woman wearing a Muslim veil, French authorities said Saturday. Six people have been arrested.
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The clashes were apparently sparked by the arrest on Thursday of a man accused of assaulting a police officer after his wife was stopped for wearing a full-face veil – illegal under French law.
"Her husband reacted in a hostile fashion, insulting and hitting the policeman,” Jean-Marc Galland, a senior official for Yvelines département (region), where Trappes is located, told Reuters. “The man was placed in custody for that reason."
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However, The Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) published a statement on its website on Saturday, claiming to be from the wife of the arrested man, in which she accused the police of being abusive and using unnecessary force.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130720-islamic-veil-arrest-sparks-violence-paris-suburb-france-trappes
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The clashes were apparently sparked by the arrest on Thursday of a man accused of assaulting a police officer after his wife was stopped for wearing a full-face veil – illegal under French law.
"Her husband reacted in a hostile fashion, insulting and hitting the policeman,” Jean-Marc Galland, a senior official for Yvelines département (region), where Trappes is located, told Reuters. “The man was placed in custody for that reason."
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However, The Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) published a statement on its website on Saturday, claiming to be from the wife of the arrested man, in which she accused the police of being abusive and using unnecessary force.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130720-islamic-veil-arrest-sparks-violence-paris-suburb-france-trappes