13 Jul 2004
Swastika attack on French mother

I had to do a double take to believe this tale was from Europe in the 21st century, and not from an older Berlin Diary.

Politicians react with horror after an anti-Semitic attack on a woman and her baby on a French train.

(link) [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

Update:

Apparently it was a complete fiction. Hey: I don't feel too bad - most everybody else was snookered, too!

13 July 2004 - Just days after claiming to be the victim of an attack that stunned France, a young mother confessed to making up the story, authorities said Tuesday.

(link) [CNN]

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