The SNCF Grenoble-Valence line stopped after the cables are sabotaged
Le Dauphiné, March 23, 2023

Telecom and signal cables were cut in three places in Vinay and Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier on Tuesday mid-day. These acts have caused a total halt to rail traffic on this line, which is not expected to reopen until Thursday.

According to our information, these actions were carried out at three different points on the line: at kilometre point (KP) 59, located in the municipality of Vinay, at KP 38.100, located in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier, and 500 metres further north, at KP 38.600. Probably carried out by people who were familiar with the technical characteristics and function of these cables, the sabotage involved Telecom installations and the power supply to the signalling system of this railroad line: tools without which safety can no longer be guaranteed.
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Vehicles of the prison administration vandalized at the detention center
Le Progrès, March 21, 2023

This Tuesday, in the beginning of evening, three unmarked vehicles of the prison administration of Roanne were degraded. They were parked at the bottom of the parking lot of the detention center of Roanne reserved for the personnel, accessible by an automatic metal gate and surrounded by a fence.

Prison staff chased off two individuals dressed in black, one of whom tried to set fire to a vehicle. The latter fled in the direction of the canal before the arrival of police officers. This Tuesday, at 8:30 pm, police officers were present at the scene to make observations.
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Seine-et-Marne: sabotaging railway signalling

Traffic disrupted for TGV trains between Paris and the South-East: A possible “act of vandalism” for the SNCF
France3, March 28, 2023

Delays and patience… The South-East axis was affected all day Tuesday, March 28, by “a prolonged track intrusion” linked to the demonstrations against pension reform at Gare de Lyon in Paris, another at Gare Saint-Charles in Marseille and “a signaling failure in Seine-et-Marne,” said a spokesman for SNCF Réseau. “An investigation is underway into the causes of this incident, which could be linked to an act of vandalism,” he added.

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Garzweiler : sabotaging the pylon of the coal mine

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Electricity pylon probably sabotaged at a power plant in Germany
dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur), 12 March 2023

An 80-meter-high electricity pylon has fallen at the site of an open-pit coal mine in Garzweiler in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The operator of one of the country’s largest power plants, RWE, believes it could be an act of sabotage.

RWE has already been the target of various demonstrations by environmental activists, which have sometimes degenerated, and therefore assumes that the tower was damaged with the intention that it should collapse. A spokesman for the company told the dpa agency on Saturday that if this is sabotage “we condemn it in the strongest terms. The police have confirmed the probable intervention of outsiders”.

According to RWE, the tower supplies the mine with electricity. For safety reasons, two of the four power circuits on the tower in question have been cut off. The Garzweiler mine remains in operation and the power plant can continue to function.

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Two transformers set on fire in Hérault, electricity cuts in 15 communes

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Last night, two electrical transformers in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Londres were “deliberately damaged by fire”, according to a press release from the Hérault prefecture on Tuesday 7 March. The power was cut in 15 communes of the department.
The events occurred around 3:30 am on the site of the electricity cooperative of Saint-Martin-de-Londres, a small town located in the northeast of the department of Herault. “An intrusion by breaking and entering”, reveals the prefecture, which specifies: “Two transformers have been the object of deliberate damage by fire, generating a temporary power cut in nearly 15 communes, impacting about 8000 homes”.
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Treasure Hunt for Coastal Gaslink

Over the past few months, several sections of the coastal gaslink pipeline have been vandalized. Financially, the consequences of each act were minor: a few holes in the pipeline here, some corroded welding seams there, damaged concrete here. Our goal was to contribute to the small delays in a project that was already well over budget.

1. We drilled holes less than a penny wide in a section of pipe that had not yet been lowered into the trench. We covered the holes with fiberglass film, which temporarily prevents leaks in the pipes, but only lasts a few months. We know that welded sections of coated pipe are assessed before being lowered into the trench. After the trench is backfilled, they are tested under pressure. The holes were sealed in the hope that they would pass the first pressure test, but will have to be excavated and repaired before the pipeline is completed. This occurred during the last week of October on section 8 of the pipeline, between Kilometers 610 and 613.
2. Between 585 and 588 kilometers of the pipeline, we found a section of pipe that had been dug out, so we damaged the coating at the joints by chipping and sanding it off in less visible places. This coating is needed to protect the pipe from corrosion and rust. We did this in early November. We liked this approach because the damage is not visible, but can still have a significant long-term structural impact if corrosion and rust show up, so it will need to be fixed.

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Toulouse (Haute-Garonne): sabotage the welcoming of the Minister of Labor

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Welcoming committee for the minister of labor
IAATA, February 11, 2023

sabotage of the railway north of Toulouse

The Minister of Labor was invited to the headquarters of the newspaper La Dépêche on Thursday to promote the pension reform and defend his vision of the world.

As a welcoming committee worthy of the name, the railway line north of Toulouse was sabotaged. The train embodies the supply tool of the economic system in labor and commodities. A system that works Just In Time can be disrupted by attacking these veins.

In solidarity with all those who refuse this world, who are in the streets these last weeks, who fight for a better life

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