Far-left activist arrested regarding rail sabotage-minister

FILE PHOTO: Travellers from Sydney, Australia, wait outside the Gare Montparnasse train station as they try to search for other trains after their trip was affected when vandals targeted France's high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major disruption, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. REUTERS/Maye-E Wong/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - A far-left activist has been arrested in connection with the sabotage attack on France's high-speed rail network last Friday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday.

It is the first publicly announced arrest made since the sabotage attack, which took place on Friday hours before the Olympic Games opening ceremony got underway.

(Reporting by Jean-Michel Belot; Writing by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Richard Lough)