'Sabotage' hits French trains hours before Olympics 

Travelers wait inside the Gare du Nord train station at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2024, in Paris. Passengers walk on train platform at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station in Bordeaux, western France on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system. Passengers gather around the departure and arrival boards at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris on July 26, 2024 as France's high-speed rail network was hit by malicious acts disrupting the transport system. Passengers wait for their train departures at the Gare Montparnasse in Paris, July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by malicious acts disrupting the transport system hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Arson attacks scrambled France's high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what officials called premeditated acts of "sabotage" just hours before the Paris Olympics opened.