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Swastika drawn on French Jewish woman in anti-Semitic attack
By Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent

A young Jewish woman was viciously attacked on Thursday by unidentified assailants in a train station in Marseilles. The attack was described by one observer as the "worst anti-Semitic incident in France since the murder of Ilan Halimi" over a year ago.

French police investigating the incident have imposed a gag order on all details of the attack, but David Roche, a Jewish Agency representative in France who is in touch with officials there said the incident is being described as an anti-Semitic attack.

According to details received from Roche, the attack occured in the afternoon when a 22-year-old woman arrived at the metro station of the La Rose district - which has a mixed Muslim and Jewish community.
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According to reports, two unidentified men of Middle Eastern appearance approached the woman and began abusing her. At some point, they began hitting her, and one report states that she was dragged by the hair.

When they saw a Star of David on her neck, they lifted her shirt and drew a cross on her abdomen. One of the witnesses said it was a swastika.

The two assailants fled the scene.

In a telephone interview from Paris, Roche told Haaretz that Marseilles police have set up a special investigation squad and are searching the La Rose district.

The young woman gave testimony to the police for many hours, and sources at the Jewish Agency say she was confused and found it difficult to tell her story.
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  1.   DISGUSTING! 03:40  |  Brant 27/04/07
  2.   anti-semitic attack 03:41  |  Shmuelshachor 27/04/07
  3.   disgusting 04:03  |  VIPER 27/04/07
  4.   Another Hoax? 04:18  |  Simone 27/04/07
  5.   Another FAKE 04:28  |  Seenitbefore 27/04/07
  6.   and this isn`t the first time. 04:34  |  Raven 27/04/07
  7.   Time for Jews to Defend Themselves 04:46  |  Joel Chazin 27/04/07
  8.   "By one observer"??? 05:00  |  Francoise 27/04/07
  9.   attack- to #2 05:21  |  RSBM 27/04/07
  10.   Kristalnacht coming 05:23  |  Joe 27/04/07
  11.   There is none so blind that..... 05:33  |  Star of David 27/04/07
  12.   Sarkozy 05:38  |  Brad R 27/04/07
  13.   Prosecute with the fullforce of the law 05:40  |  Simon 27/04/07
  14.   reply to Simone 05:56  |  lauren 27/04/07
  15.   Investigation needed 06:19  |  Avrum 27/04/07
  16.   `Seenitbefore`: and `Ismail Ax` on Cho`s arm was just a joke 06:31  |  Jake 27/04/07
  17.   So who murdered Ilan Halimi? Fruit flies? 06:34  |  Jake 27/04/07
  18.   Mordechai Anelevich 06:51  |  Victor 27/04/07
  19.   Why the Gag Order? 06:54  |  Bill 27/04/07
  20.   Let`s give them a war 06:54  |  Victor 27/04/07
  21.   Let`s give them a war 06:54  |  Victor 27/04/07
  22.   Prime Suspect : Clickfool from Sussex, UK 07:36  |  Osama 27/04/07
  23.   Viper the apologist 07:48  |  Nik Miller 27/04/07
  24.   How Do You Respond To Something Like That? 07:52  |  Yosemite 27/04/07
  25.   Raven 07:54  |  Nik Miller 27/04/07
  26.   Baffling... 08:15  |  Paul 27/04/07
  27.   Where is JDL? Is Kahane HI? 08:34  |  Alex 27/04/07
  28.   Thank you Raven for webl link 08:45  |  American in Paris 27/04/07
  29.   Swastika daubed on French Jewish woman in anti-Semitic attack 08:55  |  Howard Epstein 27/04/07
  30.   #13 Paul in Krakow; I´m baffled too! 09:11  |  Alicia 27/04/07
  31.   #9 Jake: the double-blade sword flies! 09:21  |  Alicia 27/04/07
  32.   send magav 09:35  |  blap 27/04/07
  33.   Viper 09:43  |  Star of David 27/04/07
  34.   Simple solution 10:10  |  Michael Steiner 27/04/07
  35.   THE JEWS HAVE A HOME IN ISRAEL 10:12  |  M 27/04/07
  36.   Just wait a minute! 10:22  |  Mitiran 27/04/07
  37.   Israel Declare WAR on FRANCE. Bomb them like Lebonan. 10:39  |  Lisa 27/04/07
  38.   Are nonintellectual Jewish Europeans suspicious of Christians? 10:43  |  Marilyn 27/04/07
  39.   Strange Story 10:48  |  Raymond 27/04/07
  40.   #18`s simple solution from a simpleton 10:58  |  Joe Moer 27/04/07
  41.   #20 Mitiran; "WHEN they saw the star of David..." 11:07  |  Alicia 27/04/07
  42.   What France is about 11:14  |  From the Moon 27/04/07
  43.   Message Obvious: THe Goyim Want us in Israel 11:15  |  Allonn 27/04/07
  44.   Aliyah is the solution 11:28  |  M 27/04/07
  45.   #24 Raymond; where does it say they carried "a tin of paint"? 11:30  |  Alicia 27/04/07
  46.   Yawn!! 11:31  |  Georges 27/04/07
  47.   #23 Marilyn; IF only Europe was indeed Xian.... 11:34  |  non-intellectual 27/04/07
  48.   #23: Yes, we are. 11:36  |  Michael Steiner 27/04/07
  49.   Another Hoax to push the french to emigrate 11:37  |  Nina 27/04/07
  50.   #23: Oops, you wrote "nonintellectual" 11:37  |  Michael Steiner 27/04/07
  51.   They tried to get the french to emigrate and they ll try again 11:38  |  Therese 27/04/07
  52.   #19, STAR OF DAVID, really 11:49  |  VIPER 27/04/07
  53.   22 MITRAN,24 RAYMOND,I agree there is something fishy about the 11:58  |  Alan 27/04/07
  54.   "The assailants looked Jewish" 12:56  |  Phillies Wright 27/04/07
  55.   antisemitism in France 13:01  |  lucero 27/04/07
  56.   Typical Muslim antisemitism and non-Muslim denial 13:08  |  TrueBrit 27/04/07
  57.   "It`s getting "better" 13:20  |  Samuel 27/04/07
  58.   #38 Phillies; don´t you follow French news at all? 13:31  |  Alicia 27/04/07
  59.   The Israeli Embassy in Paris should bring up .... 13:38  |  Alicia 27/04/07
  60.   No wonder she`s confused 14:10  |  fk 27/04/07
  61.   Dear Jews ; Please come home to Israel 14:21  |  Wendy 27/04/07
  62.   err... bullsh%t? 14:28  |  Karl Hungus 27/04/07
  63.   Benes-Masaryk, anyone? 14:42  |  TrueBrit 27/04/07
  64.   "Updated", not very likely. 14:46  |  Daniel 27/04/07
  65.   Come on 14:50  |  Paul 27/04/07
  66.   Reported by "The Jewish Agency For Israel" 14:53  |  Not an idiot 27/04/07
  67.   to M 15:12  |  Marseille 27/04/07
  68.   Don`t worry Euro Jew and friends 15:15  |  no name 27/04/07
  69.   selective indignation? 15:18  |  jonathan 27/04/07
  70.   for Michael L. Steiner Secret Agent 007% 15:18  |  Joe Moer 27/04/07
  71.   40 fk that guy David Roche is a real rotter and no doubt 15:20  |  lakshmi 27/04/07
  72.   Aicia, does this news make YOU feel uncomfortable? 15:23  |  Jake 27/04/07
  73.   Look how they treat their own women 15:28  |  The Equalizer 27/04/07
  74.   Viper (3rd attempt)