(Breaking news – developing) SNCF, France’s high-speed rail network, was hit by a “massive” malicious attack by arsonists overnight, just hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Summer Games kick-off. Some 800,000 passengers were reportedly affected.
A source close to the investigation told AFP on Friday (July 26) the attacks were coordinated acts of “sabotage” as the SNCF added: “This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyze the TGV network.”
Several routes were subsequently canceled, with the attacks reportedly affecting its Atlantic, northern, and eastern lines.
The state-owned railway operator said fires had been set at installations along the lines connecting the capital with cities such as Lille in the north, Bordeaux in the West, and Strasbourg in the East, Sky News reported on Friday.
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🇫🇷 ALERTE INFO – À quelques heures de la cérémonie d’ouverture des JO, la #SNCF est victime d’une “attaque massive d’ampleur pour paralyser” son réseau de TGV, avec des incendies volontaires. Le trafic sera “très perturbé” au moins tout le week-end. ⚠️ Il est demandé “à tous les… pic.twitter.com/pMrxUN8Ka4
— Mediavenir (@Mediavenir) July 26, 2024
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