Arsonists target France’s high-speed rail network as Olympics get underway

The Jerusalem Post reports: “Three high-speed train routes in France were vandalized overnight, the state-owned railway operator SNCF said on Friday, causing massive disruption to traffic on the day the Olympics officially get underway.

Vandals targeted France’s high-speed TGV network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major disruption to some of the country’s busiest rail lines ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

The state-owned railway operator said arsonists had targeted installations along the lines connecting Paris with the country’s west, north and east and that traffic would be severely disrupted during the weekend.

‘Last night, the SNCF was victim of several acts of vandalism on the Atlantic, Northern and Eastern high-speed lines. Fires were deliberately set to damage our installations,’ the SNCF said in a statement…”

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