Investigation opened after cable sabotage in the fan zone of the Château de Vincennes

The investigation has been opened on charges of “damage to property intended for public use” and “obstruction of an automated data processing system by an organized gang”.

An investigation has been opened after two acts of sabotage committed in one day in the fan zone of the Château de Vincennes, franceinfo learned from a source close to the case, confirmed by the Paris prosecutor’s office on Tuesday July 30. The cybercrime section of the Paris prosecutor’s office has taken charge “under its national competence in telecommunications”, indicates the Paris prosecutor’s office, contacted by franceinfo.

According to the first elements of the investigation from a source close to the case at franceinfo, on Tuesday around 1am, the fibre optic cables that allow the broadcasting of the Paris Olympics events in the fan zone were cut for the first time at the level of the castle moats. Repaired that very morning, they were damaged again in several places the following night around 1am.

This source adds that the site of the Château de Vincennes is protected by a surveillance system, no alarm has been triggered. The Paris prosecutor’s office of franceinfo indicates that the Val-de-Marne judicial police have been notified, the investigation is open on the counts of “damage to a property intended for public use” and “obstruction of an automated data processing system by an organized gang”.

Finally, the Paris public prosecutor’s office specifies that“no link has been established with the two cases taken up by Junalco (national jurisdiction for the fight against organized crime) in previous days”.