2024-07-29 12:30:35
It is still unclear who carried out the three arson attacks at strategic railway infrastructure points early on Friday and whether they were deliberately aimed at disrupting the opening ceremony of the Games on Friday night.
After the repair work, the network gradually returned to normal over the weekend. “All trains are running this morning,” Vergriete told RTL radio.
According to him, the attacks affected 800,000 people. travelers, but “in the end 700 thousand was able to make the trip”, 100 thousand. affected by canceled trains. The minister added that after the attacks, in order to strengthen the 28 thousand 50 drones, 250 railway security agents and 1,000 maintenance workers were deployed across the kilometer-long high-speed train network. The incident will likely cost millions of euros, Mr. Vergriete said.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said authorities had “identified a certain number of profiles that could have carried out” the acts of sabotage. Far-left French anarchists have repeatedly targeted the train network by setting it on fire.
The attacks were “intentional, very precise, very precisely targeted”, G. Darmanin told France 2 television. “These are traditionally ultra-left actions,” he said. However, when asked if the identified profiles are related to the extreme left, G. Darmanin replied: “We have to be careful.” According to him, it is important to know whether these people were manipulated or whether they acted “independently. “These are people who may be close to this movement,” the interior minister added.
2024-07-29 12:30:35