Attack on the SNCF network: an activist arrested on Sunday on one of the railway company's sites

Dans sa voiture se trouvaient notamment des pinces coupantes et des jeux de clés universelles. Midi Libre – MICHAEL ESDOURRUBAILH

Un militant a été interpellé sur une site de la SNCF ce dimanche 28 juillet 2024 en Seine-Maritime.

Two days after the acts of sabotage targeting the SNCF network, an activist was arrested this Sunday, July 28 on an SNCF site in Oissel (Seine-Maritime), it was reported learned this Monday from a police source.

Cutting pliers and universal wrench set

The man had in his vehicle "access keys to SNCF technical premises", some "cutting pliers", a "set of universal wrenches" in particular, as well as literature linked to the ultra-left, we added from the same source.

The French rail network suffered acts of sabotage during the night of Thursday to Friday last, which caused chaos in French stations at the height of the peak of traffic for departures and returns from summer holidays, and just a few hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, held on the Seine.

A number of profiles identified

Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, stated that the services had "identified a number of profiles who could have committed" the sabotage of the night of Thursday to Friday against TGV lines of the SNCF.

A guest on France 2, the resigning Minister of the Interior insisted on the fact that these "sabotages were deliberate, very precise, extremely well targeted".

"This is the traditional mode of action of the ultra-left", he continued. When asked if "the identified profiles" were close to the ultra-left, he replied: "We have to be careful […], the question is whether they have been manipulated or is it for their own benefit". "These are people who can get close to this movement",he said again.