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Fibre optic cables in a number of elements of France have been “sabotaged”, police mentioned on Monday, three days after the rail system was hit by assaults that paralysed trains throughout the nation.
Friday’s disruption to the rail community got here as Paris was celebrating the opening of the Olympic Video games and ruined journey plans for a whole lot of hundreds of individuals.
Police mentioned cables belonging to a number of telecom operators have been sabotaged in six areas of France in a single day from Sunday to Monday, however Paris was not affected.
AFP confirmed that main airways, together with Free and SFR, had been affected, though no main disruptions have but been reported.
“It is vandalism,” mentioned Nicolas Chatin, spokesman for SFR, one among France’s 4 greatest operators.
“Massive items of cables have been lower. To do that, it was crucial to make use of an axe or a grinder,” he instructed AFP.
A supply near the case instructed AFP that nobody has but claimed duty for the sabotage of telecommunications.
“What actually makes us indignant is that now we have the sensation that the State has not realised the significance of those potential assaults on France’s strategic infrastructure,” mentioned Nicolas Guillaume of Netalis, a specialist operator.
“We’ve got already seen this with what occurred to (railway operator) SNCF.”
It’s not but clear whether or not police are linking the 2 units of sabotage assaults.
A number of politicians have recommended that “ultra-left” activists might be behind Friday’s rail assaults, however nothing has been confirmed.