Arsonists attack French rail network hours before Olympic ceremony

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said that attackers who struck early Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, had 'a clear objective' to block the country's high-speed train network. Alain Bauer, a criminologist and security expert, says the attack was ‘perfectly co-ordinated’ to create mass disruption of public transportation.

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