{"id":798,"date":"2024-07-26T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:51:12","slug":"french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

Train lines were targeted by multiple \u201cmalicious\u201d acts including arson ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n

High-speed train traffic in France was disrupted on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics following a series of \u201cmalicious acts\u201d<\/em> including arson and cable theft, according to the country\u2019s state railway operator SNCF.<\/p>\n

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the company said at least three TGV lines had been damaged, including the Atlantic, Northern and Eastern routes. A group of saboteurs set fires and stole cables at the Courtalain, Pagny-sur-Moselle, and Croisilles junctions of the high-speed network. Another attack was foiled in Verginy on the South-Eastern line.<\/p>\n

The operator said \u201ca large number of trains are being diverted or canceled,\u201d<\/em> while the company\u2019s CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou estimated that at least 800,000 travelers would be affected by the disruption. In a statement, SNCF asked all travelers who can postpone their trips to do so or use the classic (non-high-speed) lines until TGV traffic is restored. Repairs have already started, but are expected to continue until at least Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s big. There are hundreds of wires to reconnect one by one, which control safety devices. Then we have to test. It\u2019s a goldsmith\u2019s work,\u201d<\/em> Matthieu Chabanel, head of maintenance at the SNCF, told Le Figaro.<\/p>\n

Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete said the attacks were deliberate, as \u201ceverything was done at the same time\u201d<\/em> with the perpetrators\u2019 \u201cvans\u201d<\/em> found on sites. So far, however, nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack, and no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n

The attacks were condemned by the French authorities, who said they were aimed at destabilizing France, especially as they had coincided with the start of the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the SNCF, it\u2019s a piece of France that they\u2019re attacking,\u201d<\/em> Farandou stated, branding the perpetrators as a \u201cgang of crazy, irresponsible people, who thought it was smart to prevent us from doing our job.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Vergriete wrote on X that he \u201cfirmly condemns these criminal actions which will compromise the departures on holiday of many French people.\u201d<\/em> On BFMTV, Minister for Sports Amelie Oudea-Castera described the attacks as \u201cacts of sabotage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is truly appalling. It is playing against the [Olympic] Games, playing against France,\u201d<\/em> she stated.<\/p>\n

\n
\n READ MORE: <\/span>France facing glut of unwanted Olympics tickets \u2013 FT
\n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n

Acting French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said the intelligence services and law enforcement had been \u201cmobilized\u201d<\/em> to probe the attacks and find the perpetrators.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High-speed train lines in France were targeted by acts of \u2018coordinated sabotage\u2019 including arson ahead of the opening of the Paris Olympics Read Full Article at RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\nFrench high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS) - Leading the AI News Frontier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS) - Leading the AI News Frontier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"High-speed train lines in France were targeted by acts of \u2018coordinated sabotage\u2019 including arson ahead of the opening of the Paris Olympics Read Full Article at RT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leading the AI News Frontier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-26T11:51:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS)\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-26T11:51:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/\"},\"wordCount\":422,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/\",\"name\":\"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS) - Leading the AI News Frontier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-26T11:51:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/\",\"name\":\"Leading the AI News Frontier\",\"description\":\"Empowering You with AI Intelligence\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Leading the AI News Frontier\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":72,\"caption\":\"Leading the AI News Frontier\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS) - Leading the AI News Frontier","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS) - Leading the AI News Frontier","og_description":"High-speed train lines in France were targeted by acts of \u2018coordinated sabotage\u2019 including arson ahead of the opening of the Paris Olympics Read Full Article at RT.com","og_url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/","og_site_name":"Leading the AI News Frontier","article_published_time":"2024-07-26T11:51:12+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS)","datePublished":"2024-07-26T11:51:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/"},"wordCount":422,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/","name":"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS) - Leading the AI News Frontier","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-07-26T11:51:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/french-high-speed-rail-network-crippled-by-massive-sabotage-videos\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"French high-speed rail network crippled by massive \u2018sabotage\u2019 (VIDEOS)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/","name":"Leading the AI News Frontier","description":"Empowering You with AI Intelligence","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization","name":"Leading the AI News Frontier","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png","width":300,"height":72,"caption":"Leading the AI News Frontier"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}