Travel chaos in France after ‘act of vandalism’ targets Eurostar trains

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Published 2024-07-26
“Clearly there is some kind of sabotage going on."

Travel chaos has hit France after reports that vandals have carried out arson attacks on the high speed rail network, affecting Eurostar on what was expected to be the network's busiest day of travel.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Okram.31
    An early warning. Acts of malice, vandalism or terrorism?
  • @lifelearner47
    it's not effing "vandalism" when these attacks to SNCF infrastructure occurred at multiples sites around the country all at the same time! This is "an act of terrorism" . Your correspondent should be watching communications from SNCF not Eurostar. The attacks targeted the connection zones where different lines join or separate.
  • @TheFrewah
    Well, there’s a reason why people have been denied entry during Olympics, isn’t there?
  • @tigerphid9677
    How did the "vandals" know which installations to attack to bring down the system? It certainly required inside information.
  • @edc1569
    When will Europe wake up and deal with Russia sensibly.
  • @edc1569
    They should get 20 years for this.
  • @chobson8602
    Macron needs to let SCALP onMoscow NOW!!! Kamla prezidency aint gonna be enuff!
  • @grzzz2287
    Russian meddling written all over it
  • i went to Paris recently for the first time in a very long time. it felt so unsafe in parts. i saw some other types on several occasions breaking the bicycle locks on parked bikes outside the station and no one not even police step in to prevent it. so many hanging around not doing anything but they are up to no good selling drugs. they are at all the major Paris locations hanging around in groups and they disappear quickly once they hear that police are moving in there direction. i struck up conversation with one Parisian black young man and he was so helpful to me. he told me about the situation in Paris. he had grown up there and said the place is just changing more and more for the worst. after he said that, my thoughts turned to by going on by what i have seen is that politicians like to deteriorate anything nice. places that we see as nice, things that we like to go and see. places once liked such as London and Paris. they have ruined those places with there policies over decades. politicians never admit to there faults that make places ever more worst for everyone. this is happening all over Europe not just the UK and France and its deliberate.
  • @Anthonythumb
    These Olympics will be a final wake up call to France clean out their country. Such a shame because it is an absolutely stunning country. They need to act fast.
  • @tstorm3706
    Vandal seems a pretty soft term for this kind of coordinated attack.
  • @1967PONTIACGTO
    Putin saw too many old Hitchcock movies... what an atavist
  • @Hochspitz
    A Leonberger, chilling out in the crowd.