July 2024: Sabotage attack on FRA trains

[The Bread Guy]

As usual, initial report caveats apply ....

Paris prosecutor opens probe into 'criminal' attack on France's high-speed train network

French train operator SNCF on Friday said that the country’s high-speed network had been targeted with widespread and "criminal" acts, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of people just hours…

www.france24.com

800,000 impacted by French rail 'sabotage' ahead of Olympics

www.france24.com

'Sabotage' on French rail network before Olympics: What we know

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…

www.rfi.fr

Arson attacks halt trains across France ahead of Olympics opening

France’s state-owned rail company SNCF says a 'massive attack' aimed at paralysing the high-speed network is causing delays and cancellations. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

France investigates 'massive attack' on fast train network – DW – 07/26/2024

French intelligence is working to identify who is behind acts of intentional vandalism on several high-speed rail routes. The incidents, which have led to disruption, come ahead of the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

www.dw.com

More via Google News here and a European Community news aggregator here.

And remember ....

 

[Blackadder1916]

Something happening was probably not unexpected.

Russian spy arrested in Paris after alleged plan to 'destabilize' Olympic Games

A former reality TV star trained at a Parisian culinary school, a 40-year-old Russian national and FSB agent had boasted of disrupting the opening ceremony of the Olympics, before he was arrested on July 21. Le Monde has retraced his steps.

www.lemonde.fr

 

[The Bread Guy]

Something happening was probably not unexpected.

Russian spy arrested in Paris after alleged plan to 'destabilize' Olympic Games

A former reality TV star trained at a Parisian culinary school, a 40-year-old Russian national and FSB agent had boasted of disrupting the opening ceremony of the Olympics, before he was arrested on July 21. Le Monde has retraced his steps.

www.lemonde.fr

Purely co-incidence, I'm sure -- some poor RUS national there to see the churches, no doubt ....

That said, French protesters from both ends of the political spectrum can be pretty damned good at co-ordinating national actions. Foreign assist? Who knows? But not impossible on their own, too.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

My money is on the Russians or Russian inspired actors.