Far left behind rail sabotage before Olympics, French minister suggests

SNCF employees and gendarmes inspect the scene of a suspected attack on the high-speed railway network in Croiselles, northern France. Photograph: Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images

France’s interior minister has suggested that far-left activists were behind the attacks on the high-speed rail system on the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony, as a fresh wave of vandalism targeted internet cables.

Four days after the attacks, Gérald Darmanin said the investigation into the arson attacks had “identified a certain number of profiles who could have committed it”.