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"Coordinated Sabotage" Paralyzes France's Rail Network As Olympics Begin
• Zero HedgeA "coordinated sabotage" has paralyzed France's high-speed train network, impacting a quarter million travelers. The number is set to rise to 800k by the end of the weekend, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
#SNCF trains in France at a standstill after 'massive' arson attack: Chaos for 800,000 travellers. The attack happened just before the #ParisOlympics2024 opening ceremony and a very busy weekend of summer travel.
— World Times (@WorldTimesWT) July 26, 2024
#Paris2024??? #OlympicGames https://t.co/Pq2kw9vAyb pic.twitter.com/TQn4zvKptg
In a post on X, French state railway company SNCF described the overnight fire and cutting of critical signal cables near the tracks in Courtalain, northern France, impacting services to Paris, as a "massive attack aimed at paralyzing the high-speed line network."