Face mask: Bus driver beaten by passengers dies.

Phillipe Monguillot’s widow Veronique holding up a photo of her late husband during a protest in France.

A French bus driver who was badly beaten by passengers after asking them to wear face masks in line with coronavirus rules has died, his family said, sparking tributes from political leaders who condemned his “cowardly” attackers.

Philippe Monguillot, 59, was left brain dead by the attack in the southwestern town of Bayonne last weekend and died in hospital on Friday, his daughter Marie said after his family decided to switch off his life -support system.

“We decided to let him go. The doctors were in favour and we were as well,” she told AFP.