It comes just days after coordinated arson attacks paralysed high-speed train services hours before the Olympics opening ceremony. A police source revealed today that a suspect was arrested.
Activist was reportedly arrested on Sunday at a railway site after Friday's attacksFibre optic networks have been 'sabotaged' in several parts of France , according to police, as an arrest has been made in the wake of arson attacks on the country's rail network.
An ultra-left activist was arrested at a railway site yesterday, according to a police source, with investigators looking into whether the man belongs to an 'anti-Olympics' movement. The latest alleged acts of vandalism have hit fibre optic installations in six areas of France, including near Paris, where the games are largely being hosted, police said.Charred cables near a railway line in Courtalain after reports of 'arson' attacks on rail infrastructure on Friday'Outages' affected landlines rather than mobile lines overnight, according to information obtained by French daily paper Le Parisien.
SNCF employees and French gendarmes inspect the scene of a suspected attack on the high speed railway network at Croiselles, northern France on July 26, 2024
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