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Olympic 'sabotage': Arsonists target high-speed rail routes
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5:27Now PlayingArsonists have carried out attacks on France's high-speed train network causing major travel disruption ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
With the games set to get under way amid an unprecedented peacetime security operation, the state-owned railway operator SNCF said fires had been set at installations along the lines connecting the capital with cities such as Lille in the north, Bordeaux in west and Strasbourg in the east.
It said timetables would be severely impacted over the weekend and has urged all travellers to postpone their journeys. Eurostar has also said services between London and Paris were being diverted, with several trains cancelled and journey times increased by 90 minutes.
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