France’s rail network paralysed by ‘malicious’ arson attacks

France’s high-speed train network was paralysed by arson attacks on Friday, just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony is due to take place on Friday evening.

A series of coordinated arson attacks on the train infrastructure of France’s largest rail company, SNCF, caused a significant number of trains to be re-routed or cancelled on Friday morning, according to the transport company.

SNCF said that arsonists had damaged signal…