France Points Finger at Ultra-Left Anarchists for Major Olympics Rail SabotageOliver JJ Lane
29 Jul 2024
BreitbartAfter days of speculation over who may have been responsible for the crippling sabotage against French railways around Paris on the day of the Olympics opening ceremony last week the government is making clear it believed the “ultra-left” may be responsible, but has stopped short of naming a group or organisation yet.
A suspected “ultra-left” activist was arrested at a railway facility on Sunday, as France gets its rail network back up and running after a massive act of sabotage was sprung in the hours leading up to the Olympics opening ceremony. Hundreds of thousands of travellers, either intended to get into Paris to enjoy the festivities or to leave the city as the holiday season continues to get underway were severely delayed or stranded after a coordinated attack at several sites surrounding Paris saw fibre optic cables carrying the data to control points and signals were cut and burnt.
Authorities now admit the hard-left were likely responsible for the attack, days after the fact, despite the clear left-wing
modus operandi in the execution. ...
Even as the railway workers completed the signalling and safety repairs of Friday’s attack overnight Monday, France woke up to another massive sabotage attack today with internet infrastructure — fibre optic cables again — cut across the country. The cables of several internet providers in six French regions across the country are impacted, hitting internet access, mobile telephones, and landline calls, but Paris was spared this time. ...