French authorities are leaning towards the possibility that far-left extremists were behind the actions sabotage on the railway networkaccording to French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
“We have identified the profile of several people,” he told France 2 television about the investigation into the saboteurs. The way they acted has the characteristics of far-left extremists, he noted, without giving further details.
According to police sources cited by Agence France-Presse, a far-left activist was arrested on Sunday at a facility belonging to the French railway company SNCF.
Sabotage on the French rail network caused chaos on rail travel just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
On Monday morning, French Transport Minister Patrice Vergriet told RTL that all high-speed trains (TGV) are now running normally.
Around 800,000 people had their travel disrupted by the malware, including 100,000 whose trips were canceled, according to Vergriet.
Sabotage and fiber optic networks
For sabotage of fiber optic networks In several regions of France, local police intervened in the meantime, against the backdrop of the Paris Olympic Games.
According to police sources cited by AFP, the sabotage affected the fiber optic networks of several providers in six regions of France. According to the same sources, the Paris region was not affected.
The affected regions are in the southeast, southwest, east and north of France, according to police.