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France probes possible involvement of far-left extremists in rail sabotage before Games ceremony

SNCF employees work at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris on July 27, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by malicious acts disrupting the transport system hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. © Taimaz Szirniks, AFP

France was on Monday probing the possible involvement of ultra-left movements in attacks that paralysed parts of its high-speed rail network before the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on Friday, as new acts of sabotage affected fibre optic cables in several areas overnight from Sunday to Monday.

France is leaning towards the likelihood that far-left extremists were behind last week's sabotage of the country's SNCF rail network – which coincided with the Olympic Games opening ceremony – French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Monday. 

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