“France high-speed train network hit by ‘massive attack’ as Olympics gets underway”, Hindustan Times, July 26, 2024:
“Hours ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, the French railway company SNCF on Friday said the high-speed TGV network has been hit by a series of “malicious acts” aimed at paralysing its high speed network.
The SNCF urged all travellers to postpone their journeys. Repairs were underway but traffic would be severely disrupted until at least the end of the weekend. Trains were being sent back to their points of departure.
“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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