Only three of them -- two 19-year-old Moroccans and a minor, all living in France -- were arrested. Both men were being held for robbery and one was also facing charges of sexual assault. The minor was to be judged separately.

Police said they believed the gang were part of a bigger group of 100 youths from the Marseille area who had gone to Nice and nearby seaside resorts for New Year's Eve, taking advantage of a special 1.20 euro New Year's Day train fare.

French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who has championed hardline security policies in France, partly blamed the state rail company SNCF for not communicating better with the police.

"The problem is that law enforcement services didn't know that there was a promotional fare going," he said, adding that he would ask the SNCF to ensure that it will not happen again.

[emphasis mine - RG]

That's not even a case of blaming the victim - Sarkozy has blamed a third party!

There are cases of Muslim rape gangs all over Europe and Australia, but the French interior minister has decided that the fault for a group of Moroccans who robbed and sexually assaulted passengers on a train should rest squarely at the foot of the rail company. Of course.