PARIS: PM of France Gabriel Attal has informed the citoyens on Friday (26th July, 2024): “Early this morning, coordinated and prepared acts of sabotage were perpetrated against installations of SNCF*.”
Transport Minister of France Patrice Vergriete stated: “Everything points us to these fires being deliberate. The timing, the vans that have been recovered after people have fled, the incendiary agents found on the scene.”
The Chief Executive of SNCF Jean-Pierre Farandou told that the arsonists had commenced fires in conduits carrying multiple fiber-optic cables that carry safety information for drivers or control the motors for points.
Jean-Pierre Farandou further revealed that there was a huge number of bundled cables: “We have to repair them one by one, it’s a manual operation requiring hundreds of workers. 800,000 passengers were affected due to the attack.
In order to ensure security during the games the concerned authorities have deployed 45,000 police and paramilitary officers along with 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 private security guards.
*SNCF: Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français is France’s National State-owned Railway Company.
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