Saboteurs who brought France’s high-speed train lines to a standstill before the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris are being blamed for a series of similar attacks on targets including telecommunications networks.
Authorities reported damage to fiber-optic networks in six regions of the country, although no major disruption to phone or internet services was reported.
After Friday’s attacks on the TGV network, there was speculation that Russian security services could be behind the coordinated action as payback for President Emmanuel Macron’s military support for Ukraine.