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SNCF railway workers and law enforcement officers work at the site where vandals targeted France's high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major disruption, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, in Croisilles, northern France July 26, 2024.
PARIS — France is leaning towards the likelihood that far-left extremists were behind last week's sabotage of the country's SNCF rail network — which coincided with the Olympic Games opening ceremony, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
Saboteurs struck France's high-speed train network on Friday with pre-dawn attacks on signal substations and cables at critical points, causing travel chaos hours before the opening ceremony.
"We have identified the profiles of several people," Darmanin told France 2 TV, regarding the hunt for those saboteurs. He added that the saboteurs' mode of operation bore the hallmarks of far-left extremists, without providing examples.
All trains were back up and running by Monday morning after teams worked around the clock over the weekend to fix the damage, Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete said on RTL radio.
Overall 800,000 people faced travel disruptions because of the attacks, including 100,000 people whose trains had to be cancelled outright, he said, adding the cost to the state-owned rail operator SNCF would be considerable.
SNCF railway workers and law enforcement officers work at the site where vandals targeted France's high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major disruption, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, in Croisilles, northern France July 26, 2024.
July 29, 2024
PARIS — France is leaning towards the likelihood that far-left extremists were behind last week's sabotage of the country's SNCF rail network — which coincided with the Olympic Games opening ceremony, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
Saboteurs struck France's high-speed train network on Friday with pre-dawn attacks on signal substations and cables at critical points, causing travel chaos hours before the opening ceremony.
"We have identified the profiles of several people," Darmanin told France 2 TV, regarding the hunt for those saboteurs. He added that the saboteurs' mode of operation bore the hallmarks of far-left extremists, without providing examples.
All trains were back up and running by Monday morning after teams worked around the clock over the weekend to fix the damage, Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete said on RTL radio.
Overall 800,000 people faced travel disruptions because of the attacks, including 100,000 people whose trains had to be cancelled outright, he said, adding the cost to the state-owned rail operator SNCF would be considerable.
Fibre optic networks 'sabotaged' in parts of France: police
Ultra-left activist arrested at railway site
July 29, 2024| AFP |
Ultra-left activist arrested at railway site
July 29, 2024| AFP |
An employee checks the connections of the various machines running on the train networks in Vald' Yerres.
The fibre optic networks of several telecommunications operators have been "sabotaged" in six areas of France but Paris is not affected, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred three days after coordinated acts of sabotage paralysed high-speed train services hours before the Olympics opening ceremony, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of people.
Ultra-left activist arrested at railway site
Police sources also said that an ultra-left activist was arrested at a railway site after the recent sabotage attacks. No further details were immediately available.
The fibre optic networks of several telecommunications operators have been "sabotaged" in six areas of France but Paris is not affected, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred three days after coordinated acts of sabotage paralysed high-speed train services hours before the Olympics opening ceremony, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of people.
Ultra-left activist arrested at railway site
Police sources also said that an ultra-left activist was arrested at a railway site after the recent sabotage attacks. No further details were immediately available.
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