French rail company SNCF announced on Friday its high-speed train system had been hit by “deliberate arson attacks to damage [its] facilities,” fucking with at least 800,000 travelers headed for Paris on the opening weekend of the Olympics, Politico EU reports. Smells Russian.
“The system was hit by three fires near train tracks “in areas far from Paris,” SNCF exec Jean-Pierre Farandou said. “These locations were chosen to have serious consequences, because with one fire, they hit two train lines.” A 40 year-old Russian-born man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of intent to “to stir up hostility in France,” a charge that carries a 30 year sentence.