France’s high-speed rail network was hit by “malicious acts” including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
France’s high-speed rail network was hit by “malicious
acts” including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system,
train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris
Olympics.
“This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse
the TGV network”, SNCF told AFP, adding that many routes will have to be
cancelled and the situation would last “at least all weekend while repairs
are conducted”.
