BBC NEWS | Europe: "The 23-year-old woman was on a train just north of Paris on Friday morning, with her 13-month-old baby. Six men - described by French media as of North African appearance - surrounded her and rifled through her bag. According to police, they found papers referring to the wealthy 16th district of the capital, and said: "There are only Jews in the 16th."
A gang of young men cut her hair, slashed her clothes and drew swastikas on her body, before overturning the pram in which her infant was lying. Other passengers failed to intervene as the six men attacked the woman, whom they accused of being Jewish. The baby was apparently tipped out of its pram in the melee.
On Thursday, President Chirac complained of a spate of racist and anti-Semitic attacks, including the desecration of Jewish and Muslim graves. Commentators have linked increasing Muslim-Jewish tension to the continuing conflict in the Middle East. "
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