Media doubtful of ‘train attack’

A YOUNG mother who claimed to have been the victim of a train attack that stunned France was yesterday detained by police as doubts were raised about the truth of her story.

Four days after the woman said she was robbed by a knife-wielding gang that mistook her for a Jew and scrawled swastikas on her body, police had no witnesses and few clues. Media suggested the woman had a history of crying wolf.

Police said the woman was detained so investigators could “clarify the obscure points” of her account.