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Telecom operators in six counties in France have been hit by sabotage. A source close to the matter informs the French TV channel TF1-LCI. The announcement comes just days after the French railway network was exposed to sabotage which led to major traffic problems. This time it is also about actions carried out with premeditation. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Unclear extent It is the telecommunications companies SFR, Free and Bouygues that are affected by the sabotage, writes the French newspaper Le Parisien. Both fixed-line and mobile customers will be affected, in addition to foreign operators who use the network of the operator SRF. According to France’s telecommunications regulator ARCEP, 11,000 customers are affected, mainly with the operators SFR and Free. That’s what Reuters writes. An account on X shows that in France the operator SRF has a network problem. Facsimile: Screenshot / Pannes Internet et Mobile on X The sabotage was carried out in the French counties of Bouches-du-Rhône, Aude, Oise, Herault, Meuse and Drome. The capital Paris will not be directly affected by the sabotage. A police source informs Le Parisien that fiber optic cables were cut. It is still unclear how many people are affected in total. Accounts on X that monitor internet access show error messages in several places in France. – I condemn these cowardly and irresponsible actions in the strongest possible terms, writes State Secretary for Digitalisation, Marina Ferrari, on X. Marina Ferrari, State Secretary for Digitalisation, writes on X that the sabotage affects access to fibre, as well as landlines and mobiles. Photo: THOMAS SAMSON / AFP Le Parisien writes that the Olympics are not affected by the sabotage of the fiber network at this time. – All our teams are mobilized to restore access, says operator Free to the newspaper. The police are investigating left-wing radical motives An investigation had already started after a fire started in an antenna in the vicinity of Toulouse on Friday night, the prosecution said on Sunday. The antenna was marked “No JO”, the police said. “JO” is an abbreviation for “Jeux Olympiques” which means the Olympic Games in French. In connection with the incident on Thursday, the police are investigating a left-wing radical motive, which they have also called “anti-Olympic”, but it is not out of the question that it could also be an accident, writes Parisien. The sabotage on the telecommunications antenna on the night of Friday is not connected to the acts of sabotage on the telecommunications network on Monday. One arrested for train sabotage French authorities believe there are many indications that left-wing extremists were behind the acts of sabotage that hit the TGV high-speed train network before the weekend. A left-wing radical activist was arrested on Sunday at an SNCF facility in Oissel (Seine-Maritime), according to a police source quoted by AFP. Railway workers worked furiously to repair the damage to the train network in France after acts of sabotage on Friday. Photo: DENIS CHARLET / AFP The man had with him access keys to the SNCF’s technical facility, a chipboard and a set of universal keys, writes Le Parisien. Over 800,000 travelers were affected by canceled trains and delays as a result of the train sabotage. Published 29/07/2024, at 10.02 Updated 29.07.2024, at 12.24



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