arson attacks have hit the French national rail network just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics it is unclear who’s behind these attacks and police are investigating whether there’s a direct link to the games but already nearly a million people have been affected this is paralyzed traffic to Paris but also as far away as London and neighboring Belgium this is coming right before these really important opening ceremony events you’ll have athletes coming down the sen River in an unprecedented event that’s open to a half a million people it’s also a really high security event so you’ve got tens of thousands of police and soldiers they’ve been prepared for extremist attacks or cyber attacks or disruptions like what we’re seeing today but it’s really a big deal what we’re seeing now on this French national rail network which could affect traffic all the way through the weekend and the beginning days of the Olympic Games