France Suspects Far-Left Groups Were Behind Rail Sabotage, Minister Says

SNCF railway workers and law enforcement officers work at the site where vandals targeted France's high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major disruption, in Croisilles, northern France, on July 26, 2024. Brian Snyder/Reuters

PARIS—France suspects members of far-left groups were behind the sabotage of the high-speed rail network last week just as the Olympic Games were about to begin, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday.

Saboteurs struck the network on Friday with pre-dawn attacks on signal substations and cables at critical points, causing travel chaos hours before the opening ceremony in Paris.