(Breaking news — developing) SNCF, France’s high-speed rail network, was hit by a “massive” malicious attack by arsonists overnight, just hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Summer Games kick-off. Some 800,000 passengers were reportedly affected.
A source close to the investigation told AFP on Friday (July 26) that the attacks were coordinated acts of “sabotage,” and the SNCF added: “This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyze the TGV network.”
Several routes were subsequently canceled, with the attacks reportedly affecting its Atlantic, northern, and eastern lines.
