Widow condemns ‘barbaric’ death of bus driver beaten over face masks

France Bus Driver Attacked

The wife of a French bus driver savagely beaten after he asked four passengers to wear face masks aboard his vehicle has called for “exemplary punishment” after he died of his injuries.

The assault on Philippe Monguillot has caused uproar in France, with President Emmanuel Macron dispatching interior minister Gerald Darmanin to meet the driver’s widow after his death was announced on Friday.