Muslim protesters threw stones and set fires at a police station in the Paris suburbs after police fined a woman for wearing a veil in public.
Several hundred people gathered late on July 19 outside the police station in Trappes, 30 kilometers from Paris, to protest the arrest of a man whose wife received a ticket for wearing the veil.
The protest turned violent with demonstrators vandalizing a bus garage and setting fire to trash cans.
At least two policemen and a teenage boy were injured in clashes between protesters and police officers. Six people were detained.
Police fined the Muslim woman on July 18 when she was seen wearing a veil in public, something banned by a 2011 law.
The woman's husband attacked the policeman issuing the fine and was taken into custody for assaulting an officer.
Several hundred people gathered late on July 19 outside the police station in Trappes, 30 kilometers from Paris, to protest the arrest of a man whose wife received a ticket for wearing the veil.
The protest turned violent with demonstrators vandalizing a bus garage and setting fire to trash cans.
At least two policemen and a teenage boy were injured in clashes between protesters and police officers. Six people were detained.
Police fined the Muslim woman on July 18 when she was seen wearing a veil in public, something banned by a 2011 law.
The woman's husband attacked the policeman issuing the fine and was taken into custody for assaulting an officer.