MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in August, municipal authorities in a number of French coastal cities on the French Riviera prohibited the burkini, which refers to swimsuits that cover most of the body to comply with the Muslim instruction to dress modestly, due to security concerns.
Nice has now joined Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Cannes, Cap d'ail, Eze, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Menton, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Villeneuve-Loubet, as well as Saint-Laurent-du-Var, which adopted a similar measure earlier in the day.
The ban comes after a deadly terrorist attack shook the city on July 14. A truck controlled by a radicalized Tunisian national rammed into a large crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, killing at least 85 people.
In 2011, France banned women from wearing face-covering veils in public places. The European Court of Human Rights upheld the ban in 2014.
