France’s state-owned rail company SNCF says a 'massive attack' aimed at paralysing the high-speed network is causing delays and cancellations.
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00:00The rail network in France has been targeted by acts of sabotage a few hours ahead of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
00:08French state railway company SNCF described it as a massive attack to paralyse the network, causing many disruptions.
00:17In a post on X, SNCF asked all travellers who can to postpone their trip and not to go to the station.
00:25In particular, that concerned travellers to and from London beneath the English Channel and to neighbouring Belgium.
00:34Those across the west, north and east of France were also affected.
00:40An attack on the south-east line was foiled according to the authorities.
00:46It's probably a large-scale sabotage with some malicious acts probably coordinating.
00:55We're still in the process of analysing all the impacts, assessing what we're going to implement as solutions because it's going to have impacts also over the weekend.
01:06And we want this not to jeopardise the quality of the experience for the athletes and for the spectators.
01:14Some 800,000 travellers would be affected by the disruption.
01:19In response to the attacks, Paris police have said they are stepping up security and focusing manpower on the capital's train stations just as the Games begin.