Saboteurs strike France’s TGV high-speed train network in a series of attacks ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, July 26. Hundreds of thousands of people are left stranded at rail stations.
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00:00Saboteurs strike France's TGV high-speed train network in a series of attacks ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, July 26
00:09The state-owned railway operator says vandals damaged signal boxes along the lines connecting Paris with other cities
00:16Hundreds of thousands of people are left stranded at rail stations. There is no immediate claim of responsibility
00:22More than 300 spectators are expected to line the banks of the River Seine when the athletes parade on a flotilla of barges and riverboats
00:29An official says the attack is not a coincidence but an effort to destabilize France
00:34France is deploying 45,000 police, 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 private security agents to secure the opening ceremony
00:41Snipers and drones are also set to be deployed