Terrorism in France designed to impact the Olympics.
Not cool.
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.
Attal said the vandals strategically targeted the main routes from the north, east and west toward Paris. He said there will be "massive consequences," with "hundreds of thousands" of people stuck while trying to visit Paris for the Games or vacation.
Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete earlier described people fleeing from the scene of fires and the discovery of incendiary devices.
There were no known reports of injuries.
It was "a premeditated, calculated, co-ordinated attack" that indicates "a desire to seriously harm" the French people, French national rail company SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou said. "The places were especially chosen to have the most serious impact, since each fire cut off two lines," Farandou said.
