During his visit to the headquarters of the crisis cell activated at the Ministry of Transport, the head of Government, whose resignation was accepted a few days ago, specified that investigations are already underway to find and punish those responsible.

We are facing a prepared and coordinated operation with central points as targets, which demonstrates a knowledge of the targets to hit, the official, who at the request of President Emmanuel Macron keeps his cabinet basic functions until new prime minister is appointed until after Paris-2024, warned reporters.

France woke up on Friday, on a special day for the official start of the Olympic Games, with the news that a massive sabotage had severely affected the TGV network in the Atlantic, North and East sectors.

The public operator of the train network, SNCF, denounced a criminal act to damage its facilities, which forced the suppression of departures and the delay of others, a service which has begun to be gradually restored, although the extent of the damage could affect 800,000 people on French soil.

According to Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, the attack will not affect the opening ceremony of the world’s greatest sporting event, but it will affect the plans of hundreds of thousands of vacationers.

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