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| 2024 France railway arson attacks | |
|---|---|
 High-speed train lines targeted by the arson attacks | |
| Location | LGV Atlantique LGV Nord LGV Est LGV Sud-Est |
| Date | 26 July 2024 01:00 AM[1] – 05:30 AM[1] (CEST (UTC+02:00)) |
Attack type | Arson |
| Deaths | None[2] |
| Injured | None[2] |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
On 26 July 2024, the day of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, a series of arson attacks damaged the LGV Atlantique, Nord, and Est lines of the French high-speed railway system.[3] International and domestic rail services were widely disrupted,[4] with around 800,000 passengers affected.[5] There was also an attempted attack on LGV Sud-Est line, though it was interrupted by TGV maintenance workers who happened to be on site.[6]
- ^ a b Becq, Coralie (26 July 2024). ""Attaque massive" sur le réseau SNCF : un acte malveillant déjoué sur l'axe Sud-Est" ["Massive attack" on the SNCF network]. France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ a b Chutel, Lynsey (26 July 2024). "What We Know About the Attacks on France's Rail Network". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Bisset, Victoria; Noack, Rick (26 July 2024). "Arson disrupts France's high-speed trains hours before Olympics, officials say". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "'Criminal' attack on France's high-speed train network". France24. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.