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French high-speed rail lines sabotaged hours before Olympics opening ceremony, Sports Minister says | AP News

French high-speed rail lines sabotaged hours before Olympics opening ceremony, Sports Minister says | AP News

France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. The country’s sports minister strongly condemned the perpetrators of a series of attacks on the country’s railway lines on Friday, the day of the Olympic opening ceremony, saying it was “unacceptable.” (AP Video by Andrea Rosa and Nicolas Garriga)

France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. The country’s sports minister strongly condemned the perpetrators of a series of attacks on the country’s railway lines on Friday, the day of the Olympic opening ceremony, saying it was “unacceptable.” (AP Video by Andrea Rosa and Nicolas Garriga)