French rail network hit by ‘malicious acts’ ahead of Paris Olympics

The Olympic Games officially opens in Paris later on Friday.
But people are being told not to go to train stations.
French rail company S-N-C-F says its network has been the victim of several malicious arson attacks that damaged their facilities.
The statement goes on to say high speed train traffic is very disrupted and a large number of services will have to be cancelled.
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,” said state-owned railway operator SNCF on Friday, stating that the “simultaneous malicious acts” had taken place overnight.
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[@DorrisDiaz]

2 fires bring half of France’s high speed train to a stand-still. Good grief.

[@yws4645]

Yeah, seems like the country is somewhat incompetent… especially considering that they should have been ready for this with the Olympics starting today

[@amilaperera1]

Spectators have the right to defend themselves

[@നെട്ടൂരാൻ_ഒഫീഷ്യൽ]

You guys should realize that such countries as not used to "many" firings and suicide bombing like in Islamic paradises

[@erandeser5830]

@@DorrisDiaz one bug grounds all USA airplanes....

[@davidschley8773]

pipeline MSM

[@geraldmantel4955]

Do all countries participate in the Train Sabotage event?

[@g.b.r.1222]

From Russia with love

[@nylotus]

Definitely a double standard that Russia is banned but Israel is not.

[@oscDaBeast]

Not really when israel acted in retaliation

[@BierKoffer2501]

Israel defends itself and proceeds to free their hundreads of hostages taken into Gaza. Hamas started the war. Not a fair comparison.

[@rusticcloud3325]

​@@BierKoffer2501 Remember Nakba 1947

[@BierKoffer2501]

@@rusticcloud3325 yes when a two state solution was concluded, and all arab nations, and local arabs attacked the jews, starting a war, than losing it, and also losing a chance to have a palestinian state coexisting with the Israeli one. I remember that.

[@jessy1982]

Olympics require stopping agression, any country still on the attack needs to not be allowed to participate. Israel refuses to ceasefire or join the Olympic truce then it shouldn't be able to play pretend about sport-based peace on the global stage.

[@Марк.Фетнов]

They invited Israel, so they invited trouble. Not to mention their involvement in Ukraine.

[@sharr630]

This is just the beginning. That's why I decided not to go to the opening ceremony.

[@gavriloking5637]

thanks Nostradamus, wish you could have shared your foresight with the French Police and I'm sure your prediction was totally real & the reason why you didn't go to the Opening Ceremony LOL not the fact that you didn't buy tickets

[@rabidsminions2079]

​@@gavriloking5637 Perhaps the gov could have done background checks on the countries of where all of Macrons refugees were coming from, but would have been seen as racist.

[@sharr630]

@@gavriloking5637 Sorry that you're poor and therefore assume everyone else is. Sad, really.

[@adamtx1131]

The train has the right to defend itself

[@dsd2dsd2]

So it was more than 1 person setting fire in different areas ? Thats alaraming

[@krsmovie1939]

What is scary, this is only the beginning.

[@gavriloking5637]

since you know so much would you care to share what will happen next, oh seer?

[@krsmovie1939]

@@gavriloking5637 I mean its only the beginning and the Olympics hasn't even started yet and already such a massive security fail. Anything can happen when you have incompetent security authorities.

[@RolandtheThompsonGunner]

​@@gavriloking5637the great reset. Look at what has already been happening around the world.

[@jessy1982]

@@gavriloking5637 Israel already made a fake video saying that multiple attacks in France will happen during the Olympics by 'Hamas', complete with a "river of blood". So this could be their first false flag attack. Do we know who the perpertrators are?

[@MsEast8]

Where's the images?

[@marcstylish-st1lw]

@@MsEast8 Reuter leftists will not show the images.

[@Concerned10thGenCanadian]

There’s a live stream of the workers repairing one of the wreckages

[@Farsightful]

i am just a random french guy discovering french news on this channel. receiving lots of love :P i had no idea we were still popular for certain people ! i like it here !!!

[@neptune1525]

haha ^-^

[@96_13.]

Random French guys nowadays have Farsi origin. Poor France 😅

[@tanujSE]

The France is in danger

[@dimitrahandrinos8963]

You mean The French are in danger…

[@halfpakichick]

israHELLi bot 😂😂😂

[@rabidsminions2079]

No the danger is in France.

[@tanujSE]

@@rabidsminions2079 I want to go home I don't want to stay Give up education As a bad mistake -The Smith's

[@sampicano]

The world is.... Google Syndey, Dublin, USA, UK....Moscow.. The whole world is being terrorized by the religion of peace

[@esashaik1372]

Let me get this straight Israel is allowed to take part in the Olympics but not Russia?

[@Prousty-s3e]

Let me get this straight: Palestine is important but not kurdistan?

[@CodeCal]

How can Macron call for olympic truce when the IOC doesn't ban Israel but ban Russia? LOL

[@72stones43]

Imagine having the Olympics in Ukraine or Gaza?

[@monkeyjackmonkeyjack3779]

disgusting opening ceremony

[@amilaperera1]

Spectators have the right to defend themselves

[@kennethhamilton4354]

Why anyone would want to go to France in the first place is beyond me.

[@davidschley8773]

🤣Who brought politics into the olympics anyway , because they ruined it with all these bans and sanctions , can't wait for them to go back to what they should be ...

[@darknesswithin0]

Prepare for next tourism protest

[@erandeser5830]

Not excluding Israel is an invitation for trouble. But then, Israel has been trouble either way and always

[@manuelasoto9718]

mes meilleurs vœux pour la France Nous n’avons aucun moyen d’être sereins, car les politiciens prennent de mauvaises décisions au niveau mondial.

[@RolandtheThompsonGunner]

Get ready for the reset.

[@Ole_Woodworm]

Hmm, whoever is blamed for this in the mainstream media probably didn't do it. I'm curious

[@m3gAnac0nda]

Lol ok Genius, you're so clever

[@AbiRuShirzan11]

You can't believe that it really happened at all, since the MSM reported it. Only believe that what you WISH to be true is true. Facts and logical deductions mean nothing. Admirable stance.

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

It's the ultra left organisations... they did the exact same kind of things before. thats really nothing new for france, the new thing is that ITS right during an important event

[@96_13.]

There are more places in France. Hmm... subway?

[@Ole_Woodworm]

@@96_13. huh?

[@manuelasoto9718]

Tous les citoyens du monde ont le droit de vivre en paix. Nous ne voulons pas plus de violence ceux qui pensent avec violence ne méritent rien Personne ne sera d’accord avec eux même s’ils tentent de porter plainte contre les violences subies. Ce n'est pas la bonne façon

[@yws4645]

So what is the way to stop violence then? It’s very easy for you to say that peace is the answer when you are not the victim.

[@samiiromaar]

This is foolish. Beat me perpetual and ill keep quiet till you stop , ey?! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@apache1413]

They are gonna blame the houties !! 😂😂😂

[@Kalankit5409]

Certainly they were non-french for sure

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

​@@Kalankit5409 im french and let me tell you, it's the ultra left organisations like revolutionaries anticapitalist party members etc... they did the exact same kind of things before. thats really nothing new for france, the new thing is that ITS right during an important event

[@curious-r8t]

Nah, recent tourism protests in France due to housing crisis. It’s madness and chaos. Keep your monies and stay home.

[@jeidyfrancisco786]

Ugly times for Europe and USA with elections and ongoing war 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jessy1982]

@@dzevadbayraktar322 They didnt say it was a country lol. Europe as a whole needs to deal with elections and war.

[@molkakaminski]

Respect french vote, give them their new government now!

[@theresapalmer9238]

Sad for the people of France.

[@molkakaminski]

we want a new government, this is resistance against an authoritarian president

[@Ole_Woodworm]

The French are used to it. Due to strikes, public transport is expected to be canceled five times a year. Don't quote me on the number, but they go on strike a lot.

[@Ole_Woodworm]

@@marcstylish-st1lw First: What does this have to do with my comment? Second: What incident involving a Jewish girl? Third, the planning and implementation of these actions probably took more than a day.

[@kennethhamilton4354]

France voted for open borders. Watch what you ask for.

[@bobhill4364]

Would have been safer and better run if the Olympics were in Afghanistan instead of Paris.

[@bobhill4364]

@@dzevadbayraktar322 Well they did support 9/11, but I digress..

[@sennadriving4303]

Mosaad takes full responsibility for not being invited to Olympics

[@samiiromaar]

They are tho

[@water4sure]

This will only get worse with open borders.

[@asabatonlessarmour4372]

What does this have to do with open borders?

[@simonbern8118]

Everything.

[@EdwardPhilips9700]

​@@simonbern8118 Typical victim card of the Western far right 😂

[@azahel542]

As much as I agree with your views, it could also be russian sabotage.

[@rusticcloud3325]

​@@dzevadbayraktar322 Schengen Area.

[@shawnnewell4541]

This is awful. People are going to lose much needed income because of this. I hope they are caught and the security increased.

[@Ole_Woodworm]

The French are used to it. Due to strikes, public transport is expected to be canceled five times a year. Don't quote me on the number, but they go on strike a lot.

[@durranaik]

They will survive, unlike 40,000 children of Gaza

[@Dynamatrix2000]

​@@durranaikwho cares

[@DMTAlien]

@@Dynamatrix2000 Most humans. But sure ditance yourself from humanity u beast

[@RolandtheThompsonGunner]

Great Reset coming in fast.

[@MsEast8]

Let's see who gets blamed.

[@torstenselle]

Strongly reminiscent of the Norwegian resistance in '44

[@user-neo8888]

The Houthis of course 😂

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

im french and let me tell you, it's the ultra left organisations like revolutionaries anticapitalist party members etc... they did the exact same kind of things before. thats really nothing new for france, the new thing is that ITS right during an important event

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

they actually did the same thing IN MAY of this year

[@ilegend6470]

My best wishes for the good people of France.

[@G72812]

Only God is good

[@rabidsminions2079]

They did march Refugees Welcome.

[@JariaFiza1214]

France organizes Olympic and provide the good time for tourists who busy to enjoy holidays.But what about Palestine and Ukraine even the west show their double standard banned Russia not Israel ironically they are taking about Peace and Rights shamelessly.And the people who are busy to spend money in the name of reluxtion to buying tickets of Olympic go and watch news and see the situation of Gaza and you are busy here to giving the France source of earning .plz if you have money and God give you the better life style so plz share your wealth with needy. If you not enjoy one summer you will not died . Perhaps due to your this act next year you will enjoy more! If the people of France and the world buycot Olympic the government of france band Israel

[@indratantiatantia-wp5ql]

It's sad and VERY distressing situation. Sports are for uniting people across the globe. Sports are for demonstration of skills and talent in front of the world in an event like Olympics.

[@samiiromaar]

Yes uniting whilst others die. How serendipitous

[@jeanwestone3968]

Paris is very dangerous 😮😮

[@cesarjorgesantos9735]

No surprise!! If someone say opositive... Olympics game and Paris....tension all time...I am not brave to go to Paris during the games...sad heard that but no surprise!! Hope and wish no more incidents with injured people during these days ahead...😢😢😢😢

[@tessa4595]

We need to pray 🙏

[@V00doo1Xim]

nah

[@KeithApp]

Only a matter of time before Meghan Markle, Jeremy Corbyn and Sangita Myska get blamed for this!

[@MusehanaH]

Putin off the hook? 😊

[@Mrs.Thatcher]

rightly so

[@ModiG-69]

i just saw frech people making joke about students dying in bangladesh 2 days ago in french media . now here we are. whatever may allh keep them safe and healthy

[@marcstylish-st1lw]

@@ModiG-69 Those were not students but radical hardliners in the garb of students.

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

what? no one in france says that

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

like no one in france even cares about bangladesh

[@jastin165]

Is it your people al Jazeera 😅?

[@XxDeadSh0txX1937]

Yes

[@きびだんご-z1q]

オリンピック休戦って 本気で求めてないでしょ マクロンは、 イスラエルは平然と 参加してるのだが ダブルスタンダードでは ないのでしょうか

[@endoferagoat2393]

There is no pictures, what happened to the French freedom of press 😂

[@swaldron5558]

Usual suspects.

[@sonnyzeitgeist2570]

Mossad.

[@oscarmccoy9102]

Russia

[@samiiromaar]

​@@sonnyzeitgeist2570😂😂😂

[@samiiromaar]

​@@oscarmccoy9102 what's to gain

[@frayze5142]

Prayers of our fallen brothers will not go in vain and worst is coming

[@UKPatriotTV]

Usual suspects

[@curious-r8t]

Ummm you mean the recent tourism protests ?

[@UKPatriotTV]

@@curious-r8t that’s in Spain…

[@XxDeadSh0txX1937]

​@@curious-r8t He meant it's your people

[@curious-r8t]

@@XxDeadSh0txX1937 what is that supposed to mean? I am not from the east or the west btw. I’m just thinking objectively but after seeing parts of the Olympic show , I could tell that it was meant to be televised. Over crowding would have been disastrous, don’t you think so? I do not have any suspection though when I say the apartheid state has destroyed the entire infrastructure of a country and killed so many civilians. These are not soldiers or part of the military that was killed. Shame.

[@HimshikharMagar]

Not gonna lie france isn't capable of holding big event like Olympics at all. Look what happened at first day of football match and that river is also polluted then one tourist Australian woman got raped by 5 men and no ac in summer for player who are tirwd from match at least they should provide good service and athletes room looks like jail and now there is arson and vandalism and official olympic isn't even started.

[@ansh_u_r]

Peacefools ???

[@sayalebrun1812]

Soon they gonna say it's russian attack 😂

[@flugsven]

I'm sorry to say it, but it is the obvious answer. The gouvernment isn't even embarassed about it. And why should they. After all it is a rogue state. It's their "business model".

[@hanotify]

Mac'ron is already blaming Russia of using Amas to stage attacks in France. 😅

[@Kiev-in-3-days]

We already know it's Russia Mamadou. And you know it. Actually you aork for them mister troll.

[@flugsven]

Had it been a hacker attack I would have thought so. Putin would love to see Macron stand with his pants down.

[@sleepyjoe7843]

Well if it's Russia, I can't blame them. It's Macaroni that wanted to play Napoleon, not Russians.

[@jonas1lolop561]

This has been going on for over 20 years and there is only one intention to climb. The only option for the French is to accept the conditions, lose the feeling of loss and gain the courage to come together as one, change the mold of industry and invest in rat medicine.

[@mdabubakkar8449]

Al Jazeera channel give Bangladesh news

[@smilo_don]

No, it's in France.

[@mdabubakkar8449]

@@smilo_don mukh mafi

[@96_13.]

There are many places in France. Hmm... subway?

[@WhyNotQuestionEverything]

Holiday season? Lol What holiday is going on right now?

[@timothy4557]

Close the border.

[@jeremymoonlight7638]

By your fans...

[@sayalebrun1812]

Sncf is nightmare, all year long !!!!

[@shanb6699]

Religion of peace strike again.

[@Martin.Lings.]

🤖🤖🤖

[@MusehanaH]

@shanb6699, anyone familiar with those guys work know that they do not do sabotage...They do fireballs. Someone clearly does not want Paris overrun by tourists 🤷‍♀️

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

why are you blaming religion? im french and let me tell you, it's the ultra left organisations like revolutionaries anticapitalist party members etc... they did the exact same kind of things before. thats really nothing new for france, the new thing is that ITS right during an important event

[@CodeCal]

stay in your pokeball !

[@salipullar544]

Not a good time for the Olympics ..

[@bojanm986]

The French did it - whether they are Muslim or not, they are French. If they can win medals for France they can sabotage too.

[@CodeCal]

get back in your pokeball !

[@awolpeace1781]

Maybe the people who were kicked out of their homes by the construction mafias got a little payback

[@mfr58]

Gladio B anyone?

[@AstroPinoy]

VIVA LE FRANCE 😄

[@Wizardof]

VVho likes to create trouble during the Olympics?

[@1000OtherFoxes]

the state itself

[@arsenal0095]

All nations should be allowed. Sports should unite us.

[@jbob34345]

75 thousand soldiers deployed in Paris. Just let that sink in. They should have voted Le Penn.

[@davidbarnett9312]

You saw the left rioting when the right won the first vote tally. Then you saw the left rioting when they rigged the system and won. Rioting is in their DNA.

[@SyGiba27]

Those old train tracks from World War II and broke down everyone knows

[@mohammedhannan9570]

❤

[@WhiteWereWolf87]

mossad has been busy

[@Jon962-h4i]

Rather pathetic

[@halfpakichick]

@@Jon962-h4irather realistic

[@halfpakichick]

100%

[@DarkKnight-d6o]

IT ?

[@smilo_don]

Rail

[@DarkKnight-d6o]

@@smilo_don You didn't get it , I said IT , it's not the computer IT thing , the other IT

[@halfpakichick]

Yes IT’s israHELL

[@daveh5947]

It is what it is.

[@freedom4639]

Is it as bad as Gazza 🤔

[@Jon962-h4i]

You just leave it alone, can you? 😂

[@rivart-alqantara]

What a pity!! There are always stupid people.

[@Bikini-s5g]

Joker games bring down the Olympics

[@elias.knotman]

No doubt the religion of peace strikes again.

[@alMunta9ir]

Putin did his best...and now he is having fun 😂😂

[@jewelsworld6455]

Which religion people attacked??

[@SarahRawin]

jews

[@derickgannon]

Or perhaps can't handle the crowd.

[@mtawali13]

Who had yhis in their bingo card?

[@abigailbruner]

What's the local taxi service? Do you have Uber for instance? What I'm asking is, who stands to gain the most from being the dominant source of transport during the Olympics? Since everyone knows that most travellers use the trains while in Paris... Someone is going to be making a killing off of the lack of transportation...

[@flugsven]

That was far fetched 😃

[@user-neo8888]

Thats about the lowest level of anyone to gain from this. It's something political. Some green activists, anti tourism, anti french government, and of course wait for the media to blame Russia or the Houthis

[@MrRikitikitak]

A non violent act of civil disobedience

[@occamraiser]

a) IT IS violent, b) it isn't civil disobedience it is russian terrorism

[@leparisien2]

Act of terrorism😡

[@yusufabdurrauf7429]

I flew 15+ hours from Jakarta to Amsterdam and then directly go to Paris by rapid train for nostalgia, but.. guess what.. my train is canceled! (I've got very bad services from ungrateful ***igrants staff, the indigenous local and some grateful ***igrants staffs are very very nice though.. try to help my as best as they can.. so elegant and different than them) *fact

[@marcstylish-st1lw]

@@yusufabdurrauf7429 You could go back to Amsterdam and look for migrants there.

[@calvinang1]

Go home and watch live from your cable TV. Much more comfortable and safe

[@yusufabdurrauf7429]

​@@calvinang1no! Tomorrow we wanna see lavender in provence, and then monaco, malta, morroco, manchester, and then malaysia then home

[@durranaik]

Olympic truce 🤣

[@MrWhitmen1981]

Diversity on full display 😂

[@apache1413]

Israel.. have some dignity and don't go where you are not welcome

[@ansh_u_r]

May be done by the fail ustinians.

[@MrAckers75]

I wonder who it could be😂😂😂😂😂

[@VioletteToussaint]

I'm French and I can think of at least 5 different groups that could have done it for various reasons. Far right, Far left, Russians, Ecologists, Islamists...

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

@@VioletteToussaint c'est encore l'ultra gauche ils ont deja fait des action similaires sur les tgv.

[@angeladipace1035]

Boycott these Olympic of double standards and invitation to genocidal entity

[@Yomboss111]

Russia will be accused arbitrary 😂😂😂

[@Jon962-h4i]

Really? Where?

[@manojbabu4276]

Bcz macrony party

[@starburst23]

This is what happens when you invite the religion of peace and don't demand integration into civilized society.

[@haroldb1856]

France must confront those responsible for these disruptions.

[@IvaTaiwan-u8z]

🇫🇷France is finished 😢😢😢😢

[@ameykulkarni6460]

France cant even handle its railways at such international event. Downfall of Europe. Very sad

[@JoBlack-dg6ey]

French voted for the far left rsdicals responsible. Bad luck

[@EdwardPhilips9700]

Boohoo 😂 Keep crying cause the far right only ever brought unemployment and hyperinflation and division in society based on racial or based on religious differences

[@bhagwanchalak9022]

I am from India

[@wizzard9531]

Get well soon bro

[@bhagwanchalak9022]

Ok

[@VioletteToussaint]

As 1 out of 8 human beings

[@hishamhussein4282]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@olivier_the_dilettante]

yep, Putin did it, or Hamas, or Hezbollah, nah, it was Putin, definitely.

[@Maccaboy1984]

It’ll be the far right.

[@Yosh-wt4lg]

im french and let me tell you, it's the ultra left organisations like revolutionaries anticapitalist party members etc... they did the exact same kind of things before. thats really nothing new for france, the new thing is that ITS right during an important event

[@DEonaraR]

Or North Korea? Or Iran? Lets blame, someone we don't like😅

[@adamuk8199]

Hahahahaha

[@saintric7282]

🤣🤣

[@bannersxyz]

We love you Palestinians ♥️ Thank you so much You have SHOWN THE LIGHT on the racist regime hateful apartheid. We pray for your voice to be heard. And for your victory and safety. Your safety equals safety for the whole world

[@hu9912]

😂😂😂😂😂 bla bla bla