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FOUND: French rail network hit by malicious acts ahead of olympics ceremony | Mind Blowing Facts

Passengers gather around the departure and arrival boards at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris as France's high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics [Thibaud Mortiz/AFP]

France’s high-speed TGV rail network has been hit by “malicious acts”, disrupting some of the nation’s busiest lines on the day of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

“Arson attacks were started to damage our facilities,” state-owned railway operator SNCF said on Friday, adding that the “simultaneous malicious acts” had taken place overnight.

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