A tribute to Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and Jessica Schneider in Versailles on Friday

Several thousand Muslims marched in a town near Paris on Sunday in solidarity with the French police officer and his wife murdered on 13 June. Along with a demonstration of police officers, the demonstration was the biggest of five organised since the deaths of Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and his partner, Jessica Schneider, who was a clerical officer for the force.

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Some 4-5,000 people according to the organisers, 2,500 according to police, marched behind a banner declaring "Mobilise against barbarity!" in Mantes-la-Jolie on Sunday afternoon.

They observed a minute of silence placed a wreath with a photo of the victims, murdered by Larossi Abballa who declared allegiance to the Islamic State armed group, in front of the local police station.

Local police had taken no measures to seal off traffic on the demonstration's path, according to Le Monde newspaper.

About 1,000 people attended a demonstration called by local politicians the previous day.

Sunday's march was organised by a group of mosques in the area who said they had had enough of people asking why Muslims "stayed silent" after terror attacks by armed Islamists.

The victims were to be buried on Monday afternoon in the wouth of France.

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