French Rail Lines Hit by Coordinated Attack as Paris Olympics Begins – WSJ

PARIS France s rail network was the target of a major act of sabotage Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, bringing services on several high-speed rail lines to a halt in disruptions that are expected to last for days.

Officials said fires were set at around 4 a.m. local time at three sites around the country s rail network in a coordinated and precisely targeted attack. The alleged arsons disrupted services on the high-speed lines connecting to Paris from the north, southwest and east. The saboteurs cut and then burned signaling cables, requiring laborious repairs that will take days, officials said.

Rail workers happened upon another team of saboteurs in the middle of the night who were attempting to damage the high-speed line that serves southeast France, officials said. The workers chased the saboteurs away, saving the country s rail system from deeper turmoil.

What we know is that this operation was prepared, coordinated. That nerve centers were targeted something that shows a level of knowledge of the network to know how to strike, said Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

via www.wsj.com

Looks like those darn Russians to me. No really.