Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Live: French Train Network Hit By ’Malicious’ Arson Attacks | N18G

Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live: French Train Network Hit By ’Malicious’ Arson Attacks | N18G Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the French high-speed rail network was hit by ‘malicious’ arson attacks, disrupting the transport system of the host country for the world’s biggest sporting event. Many routes are reportedly being canceled and close to 800,000 passengers have been affected following the attacks, described as coordinated acts of ‘sabotage’. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has said that ‘acts of sabotage’ were carried out in a ‘prepared and coordinated manner’ and have caused ‘massive and serious’ impacts on the rail network. Attal further said that French security forces are hunting people behind arson attacks that hobbled the country’s high-speed rail network hours. “Our intelligence services and law enforcement are mobilised to find and punish the perpetrators of these criminal acts,” Attal posted on X, calling the attacks “prepared and coo