Sabotage on Europe's railways and who is behind it

On the day of the king's speech, metal pipes were found fastened to Dutch rails at thirty locations and trains stopped across much of the country. We track where the investigations end up — in the Netherlands, France and Bulgaria.

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Rúry na koľajniciach zastavili vlaky v Holandsku. Vyšetruje aj tajná služba, no farmárska organizácia nevylučuje, že za sabotážou stoja farmári

Na tridsiatich miestach niekto pripevnil na koľajnice kovové rúry a doprava sa zastavila sama. Tri podobné prípady v Európe viedli k trom odlišným…

15.9.2026

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Dutch police or the AIVD have named who carried out Tuesday's sabotage.
Investigators have confirmed or ruled out a link between the rail sabotage and the farmers' actions on Prinsjesdag.
The Rouen prosecutor has concluded whether the Cléon derailment was a malicious act or had a technical cause.
Bulgarian authorities have named who caused the September blast at the EMCO depot.
Another attack on rail infrastructure has occurred in an EU country.

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