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HomeInternationalMassive Terrorist Attack on French Train System Hours Before Olympics Opening Ceremony

Massive Terrorist Attack on French Train System Hours Before Olympics Opening Ceremony

The attacks on the French train system was timed for just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony.

A series of fires hit the French train high-speed rail lines, hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

Massive Terrorist Attack on French Train System Hours Before Olympics Opening Ceremony. Credit BBC News

Rail company SNCF said it is a “massive attack aimed at paralyzing the network” and France’s transport minister condemned the “coordinated malicious acts”.

Some 800,000 customers are affected with disruption expected all weekend, the rail firm said.

Hundreds of passengers are stranded in the concourse of Gare Montparnasse as all French trains have been halted due to sabotage on several high-speed TGV train lines. The disruption affects approximately 250,000 people throughout the day and 800,000 over the entire weekend, coinciding with the holiday rush and the opening of the Olympic Games.

Una serie de incendios azotan las líneas ferroviarias francesas de alta velocidad, horas antes de la ceremonia de apertura de los Juegos Olímpicos de París.

La compañía ferroviaria SNCF dijo que se trata de un “ataque masivo destinado a paralizar la red” y el ministro de Transportes de Francia condenó los “actos maliciosos coordinados”.

Unos 800.000 clientes se ven afectados y se esperan interrupciones durante todo el fin de semana, dijo la empresa ferroviaria.

Cientos de pasajeros están varados en el vestíbulo de la estación Gare Montparnasse, ya que todos los trenes han sido detenidos debido al sabotaje en varias líneas de alta velocidad TGV. La perturbación afecta a aproximadamente 250.000 personas a lo largo del día y a 800.000 durante todo el fin de semana, coincidiendo con las vacaciones y la inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos.

Source: BBC News

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