[size=2.13333rem]Terror fears
The mayor implemented the ban in light of recent terror attacks in the country.
"A beach outfit showing in an ostentatious manner a religious affiliation, given that France and religious places are currently the target of terrorist acts, has the nature of creating risks of troubles of public order (mobs, conflicts, etc.) that are necessary to be prevented," said the new law.
It comes nearly a month after a [color=rgb(0, 101, 152)]
terror attack in nearby Nice,
[/color] where a man drove a heavy truck through a Bastille Day crowd on the city's main beach promenade, killing 84.
Just over a week later, 86-year-old priest Jacques Hamel, 86, was [color=rgb(0, 101, 152)]
stabbed to death
[/color] in a separate terror attack on a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in northern France.[/size]