Woman Lies About Swastika Attack

PARIS, France (AP) -- 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.

The woman claimed to have been robbed Friday by a knife-wielding gang that mistook her for a Jew and scrawled swastikas on her body.

But police, finding no clues and no witnesses, brought the woman in for questioning Tuesday, police officials said on condition of anonymity.

No details were immediately available to explain her motives for claiming to have been attacked.

Reports of the attack in a suburban Paris train outraged France, drawing fierce condemnation from politicians and Jewish groups.

The piece goes on to say that this woman has a history of making complaints about violence that "never pan out".

The worst of this, of course, is that Europe is seeing horrible acts of antisemitism and here we have a woman who lies about one, which will be used to "prove" that the real events are exaggerated, too. Sad.