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French fiber optic networks ‘sabotaged’ days after ‘coordinated’ attacks paralyzed rail service ahead of Olympics
By Richard Pollina,
10 hours ago
A number of fiber optic networks have been “sabotaged” across France — just days after arson attacks paralyzed high-speed train services during the Olympics opening ceremony, according to reports.
Cables for several telecom operators were purposely cut in six areas of France earlier Monday, police told the French outlet Agence France Presse .
However, Paris has not been affected by the sabotage.
A map of fixed and mobile internet outages across France. Zoneadsl.com
The cables in electrical cabinets belonging to operators SFR and Bouygues had been cut in southern France, and installations in the Meuse region near Luxembourg and the Oise area near Paris had been vandalized, according to the French paper Le Parisien .
The vandalism is mainly affecting fixed-line services and not mobile devices.
A fourth attack on the Paris-Marseille line was foiled by night-shift workers.
The high-speed train disruption ruined travel for at least 250,000 passengers on Friday, including those coming from other parts of Europe, such as the UK, on the Eurostar.
Damaged cables lie near Courtalain, France, near 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. Mayor of Vald'Yerre via REUTERS
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said France’s intelligence services have been mobilized to find the perpetrators of the “acts of sabotage” which he described as “prepared and coordinated.”
They had “a clear objective: blocking the high-speed train network” ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony, Attal said,
“Playing against the Games is playing against France, against your own camp, against your country,” Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera said of the attacks.
Railway workers at the site where vandals targeted France’s high-speed train network in a series of coordinated actions on July 26, 2024 REUTERS
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin shared on Monday that “several people” have been identified as being part of the train sabotage and are suspected to be linked to far-left French anarchists.
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