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SupportSanity

(602 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 08:47 AM Jul 26

Trains across France halted by coordinated arson attacks ahead of Olympics opening

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Source: euronews.com

France’s state-owned rail company SNCF says a 'massive attack' aimed at paralysing the high-speed network is causing delays and cancellations.

A series of coordinated arson attacks on the train infrastructure of France's largest rail company, SNCF, caused a significant number of trains to be re-routed or cancelled on Friday morning.

The attack disrupted the transport system on the opening day of the 2024 Paris Olympics, with delays of up to two hours, if not outright cancellations, affecting tens of thousands of passengers.

"250,000 travellers were expected to travel today and 800,000 during this weekend," SNCF told Euronews in an emailed statement Friday.

Read more: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/07/26/trains-across-france-disrupted-due-to-massive-attack-ahead-of-olympics-opening



Now to find who's behind these coordinated arson attacks
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Trains across France halted by coordinated arson attacks ahead of Olympics opening (Original Post) SupportSanity Jul 26 OP
The Opening Ceremony is today. MrWowWow Jul 26 #1
I think a lot of people are on edge today - the opening day. Awful! SupportSanity Jul 26 #2
I'm wondering... 2naSalit Jul 26 #3
Locking sarisataka Jul 26 #4

MrWowWow

(244 posts)
1. The Opening Ceremony is today.
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:03 AM
Jul 26

A flotilla of boats will float-parade down the Seine or something like that. Not a safe and secure way to do this. Not something I would do after the arson attacks on the French rail system.

SupportSanity

(602 posts)
2. I think a lot of people are on edge today - the opening day. Awful!
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:24 AM
Jul 26

2naSalit

(90,513 posts)
3. I'm wondering...
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:44 AM
Jul 26

When the games will end due to collapsing from their own weight.

The whole series of events have become so distorted that it hardly makes any practical sense anymore. The billions in resources spent and the security problems are enough to reconsider whether this is all really worthwhile anymore.

I lost interest in the games a long time ago.

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