France issues first fine for woman in Islamic veil
French police say they have issued their first penalty to a woman for covering her face with an Islamic veil.
The woman was stopped in a shopping centre in Paris on Monday evening - the same day that a law banning face coverings in public came into force.
Police said they gave the 27-year-old woman a ticket that requires her to pay a 150-euro fine or register for citizenship classes within a month.
France is the first country in Europe to publicly ban the Muslim face veil.
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