French authorities have been ridiculed and people have reacted with anger after images showed them standing over a woman and asking her to remove Islamic clothing.

Several French towns have implemented bans on the Burkini, which covers the body and head.

Yesterday, a woman in Nice was confronted by four police officers as she resting at the town’s Promenade des Anglais.

Images show police officers standing over the woman and asking her to remove her tunic on the beach

Earlier a mother of two was fined in Cannes wearing leggings, a tunic and a headscarf.

The woman was reported as saying, “I was sitting on a beach with my family.” “I was wearing a classic headscarf. I had no intention of swimming.”

A witness Mathilde Cousin, added, “The saddest thing was that people were shouting ‘go home’, some were applauding the police,” she said. “Her daughter was crying.”