Riots broke out in Trappes, a suburb (banlieue) of Paris, France, on 19 July 2013 after the police arrested a man who assaulted a police officer, who tried to check the identity of his wife wearing a Muslim veil on 18 July 2013.

France officially banned face covering in public places in April 2011.

[8] Although disputed by French Muslims, the law remains in effect.

[9] On 18 July a 21-year-old Muslim convert was asked by the police to remove her face-covering veil.

[1] On 19 July hundreds of youths throwing rocks, reportedly mainly of North African ethnicity, attacked the local police station.