Images have emerged of French policemen making a woman remove her burkini on a beach on Tuesday, 23 August.

One photograph shows four policemen standing over the middle-aged woman, who was lying down on the Promenade Des Anglais beach in Nice, just a few yards away from the Bastille Day lorry attack scene. In another, the police seem to watch as she removes a blue garment and one of the policemen appears to take notes or give out an on-the-spot fine.

Officials in several French towns have implemented a ban on the burkini, which covers the body and head, saying they have concerns about religious clothing in the wake of multiple terror attacks in the country.

On Tuesday, in another similar incident, a mother-of-two in Cannes said she had been fined on the beach for wearing a tunic, leggings and a headscarf. In that case, the woman's ticket seen by AFP news agency said she was not wearing "an outfit respecting good morals and secularism".

The woman, a former air hostess from Toulouse, identified by only her first name Siam, said, "I was sitting on a beach with my family. I was wearing a classic headscarf. I had no intention of swimming." She said her family have been citizens of France for three generations and added: "Today we are not allowed on the beach. Tomorrow, the street? Tomorrow, we'll be forbidden from practicing our religion at all?" 'm in the country of human rights. I see no trace of the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity. I am outraged that this could happen in France."

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