Denmark fines first woman for violating burqa ban
The traditional clown's walk against the burqa ban in Danish police have fined a woman for wearing a niqab in a shopping complex, local media reported.
It's the first such fine to be issued for violating the country's contentious law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, which came into effect on Wednesday.
In accordance with the law, the 28-year-old was asked by police to either remove her veil or leave the public space. She chose the latter.
She was also informed she would receive a fine of 1,000 kroner ($156/€134) in the mail.
Police were called to a shopping center in Horsholm, north of Copenhagen, where the woman had become involved in an altercation with another woman, police duty officer David Borchersen told the Ritzau news agency.
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