French PM Ensures Sabotage Perpetrators Of High Speed Train Processed By Law

ILLUSTRATION OF UNSPLASH/christian tokoto

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said there had been acts of sabotage on the fast rail line belonging to the French National Railway Company (SNFC) which had a major and serious impact ahead of the opening of the Paris Olympics.

"This morning, there was sabotage in a manner that was prepared and coordinated with the SNCF facility," the French PM wrote on social media X as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 26.

Attal thanked the firefighters who intervened and as well as the SNCF officers who worked to rebuild the network.

"The intelligence agency and security forces were deployed to find and punish the perpetrators of the crime," he said.

Paris police chief LaurentNunez previously announced that security would be upgraded at Paris train station following a overnight attack on the SNCF train line.

Tôt ce matin, des actes de sabotage ont été, de façon préparée et coordonnée, menés sur des installations de la SNCF.Les conséquences sur le réseau ferroviaire sont massives et graves.Je dis toute ma reconnaissance à nos pompiers qui sont intervenus sur les sites touchés et…

— Gabriel Attal (@GabrielAttal) July 26, 2024

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Police personnel deployed to Paris stations were reproduced as many people were trapped in the area following severe disruptions, Nunez told broadcast mediaFranceinfo.

Previously, the SNCF said its rail line was damaged overnight ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

"SNCF has fallen victim to several malicious acts carried out simultaneously at LGV Atlantique, North & East," the company said on X.

The company said the fire was deliberately set to damage the facility. Fast train traffic is heavily disrupted on several routes, the company said while asking passengers to postpone the trip.

Local media reported that around 800,000 passengers were affected and traffic would not resume operations at one of Paris' main stations, Montparnasse, at least until 13.00 p.m. local time (18.00 p.m. local time).

French Sports MinisterAmelie Oudea-Castera in an interview with BFMTV said traffic would be disrupted this Friday and possibly also this weekend.

"At this point of analysis, what I understand is that there have been one or more malicious acts, some coordinated sabotage," Oudea-Castera said, but she stressed that the situation was still being analyzed.

The 2024 Paris Olympics will officially begin with the opening ceremony on Friday evening local time on the River Seene. Football, archery, and rugby matches began earlier this week before the opening ceremony.