Armed police order Muslim woman to remove her burkini on packed Nice beach - as mother, 34, wearing Islamic headscarf is threatened with pepper spray and fined in Cannes

Three armed officers pointed a pepper spray canister in the 34-year-old's face and told her she was in breach of a new rule outlawing swimming costumes that cover the entire body in Cannes. She said the 'racist' officers simply wanted to humiliate her in front of her children and other family members, even though she was not even wearing a burkini. It was the latest in a series of incidents in the south of France and comes after video emerged of armed police waiting for Muslim women to come out of the sea at nearby Nice (centre and right), and then warning them about their choice of headscarves. And just days ago, four women were fined 38 euros for wearing their burkinis on the beach in Cannes (left).