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Nov 10th, 2008, 08:17 AM

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SNCF Sabotage

What seems to be the cause of the recent sabotage on some of the SNCF lines? Have the perpetrators been identified?

Nov 10th, 2008, 08:27 AM

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no, I don't think. I believe theyy just turned the case over to the antiterrorist section of the national public prosecutor's office in Paris, rather than keeping it local.

Nov 10th, 2008, 10:34 PM

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I just read an article on the website of Le Monde. Eight people have been arrested, described as ultra-leftists.

Our TGV from Lille to Paris on Saturday was delayed for 90 minutes as a result of the damage to the electrical system that day.

Anselm

Nov 11th, 2008, 03:31 AM

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Oh I hadn't seen this. Makes me very grateful we got to Paris-Lille-Bruges-Lille-Paris with absolutely no delays... the next day there were strikes at some gares and then this? Glad they at least arrested people for it.

Nov 11th, 2008, 11:12 AM

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Yes, ultra-leftists/anarchists apparently behind these acts. Also appears they were well-versed in high-tension electricty. The cables they "played with" have 20,000 volts running through them !

-Kevin