Fibre-optic networks ‘sabotaged’ across France - days after train networks crippled
| Updated: 10 Feb 2026
Fibre optic cable networks in several parts of France have been ‘sabotaged,’ according to police.
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Six areas of the country have been affected - but not Paris, where the Olympics are being hosted.
Cables were reportedly cut in phone operators’ junction boxes.
According to French news outlet Le Parisien, telephone landlines were affected.
No-one has claimed responsibility for the sabotage and the number of people affected is not yet known.
Police are investigating whether an ‘ultra-left’ anti-Olympic movement could be behind the sabotage.
It comes three days after acts of sabotage targeted French rail networks.
A ‘prepared, coordinated’ sabotage seriously disrupted rail traffic.
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