FRANCE: “MASSIVE ATTACK” ON FAST TRAIN NETWORK
July 26th, 2024Update: ‘Sabotage’ Hits French Trains Hours Before Olympics
Via: AFP:
Arson attacks scrambled France’s high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what officials called premeditated acts of “sabotage” just hours before the Paris Olympics opened.
Friday’s attacks were launched as the French capital was under heavy security ahead of the Games opening ceremony, with 300,000 spectators and an audience of VIPs expected at the event.
The fires that affected France’s Atlantic, northern and eastern lines led to cancellations and delays at a time of particularly heavy traffic for summer holiday travel.
Around 800,000 passengers are expected to be affected over the weekend as the damage is heavy and labour-intensive to repair.
“Early this morning, coordinated and prepared acts of sabotage were perpetrated against installations of SNCF,” the national rail operator, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said.
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Via: AFP:
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse… pic.twitter.com/Fj9NqiRA6b
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 26, 2024
Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France’s high-speed rail network has been hit by “malicious acts” including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
“This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network,” SNCF told @AFP
, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last “at least all weekend while repairs are conducted”
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