# French police investigate suspected sabotage in train derailment

https://mins.news/en/item/55630

- France 24, 2026-09-12 08:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260912-french-police-investigate-suspected-sabotage-in-train-derailment

> French investigators suspect sabotage may have caused a train derailment in the country’s northwest after a piece of rail was discovered on the track, a police source said Saturday. The crash a day earlier injured at least 44 people, including an 18-year-old woman in critical condition.

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