Photo: AFPAFP/The Local · 16 Sep 2016, 08:15Published: 16 Sep 2016 08:15 GMT+02:00Five men have been handed jail sentences for a beach brawl that highlighted and heightened inter-community tensions on France's "island of beauty". A Corsica court sentenced five men to up to two years in prison Friday over a mass beach brawl on the French Mediterranean island, that reportedly began after tourists took pictures of Muslim bathers. Benhaddou was sentenced to two years in prison for armed violence, while his brothers Abdelillah and Jamal both received suspended sentences of six months. Hundreds of people gathered outside the court in Bastia on Thursday to support two local men who faced charges over the incident alongside three brothers of Moroccan origin. Villagers Lucien Straboni and Pierre Baldi were handed suspended sentences of one year and eight months respectively.

Source: The Local September 16, 2016 06:33 UTC