A group calling itself the “Jewish Brigades” Sunday claimed responsibility for a bomb explosion Saturday which injured eight people, four seriously. A 67-year-old woman lost both legs and an arm when the bomb went off in a crowded department store in central Paris during the rush hour. An anonymous phone caller told an independent radio station that the “Jewish Brigades” had set off the bomb to protest against the store’s anti-Semitic bias. Police were unable to trace the call. They say they know of no such clandestine organization and believe the explosion is the work of a psychotic.
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