France Suspects Far-Left Groups Were Behind Rail Sabotage, Minister Says

PARIS—France suspects members of far-left groups were behind the sabotage of the high-speed rail network last week just as the Olympic Games were about to begin, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday. Saboteurs struck the network on Friday with pre-dawn attacks on signal substations and cables at critical points, causing travel chaos hours before the opening ceremony in Paris. “We have identified the profiles of several people,” Mr. Darmanin told France 2 TV, adding that the sabotage bore the hallmarks of far-left groups. The Paris prosecutors office, whose organised crime branch is leading the investigation, said no arrests had been made so far....