Self -proclaimed « anarchists » claim the Cannes – Liberation failure

« On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival Prize ceremony and the Gala evening, we sabotaged the main electrical post fueling the Cannes conurbation, and sawing the 225 kV line from Nice. » This is how two groups presenting themselves as « Anarchist bands » claimed the sabotage of electrical installations who notably disrupted the organization of the Cannes Film Festival this weekend, learned BFM-COTE D’AZUR And the Parisian This Sunday, May 25.

Contacted by Releasethe Draguignan prosecutor’s office, in charge of investigations with his counterpart in Grasse, specifies that the claim is currently « Assessed within the framework of the investigation »informing in hollow that the press release is not authenticated at this time. The text, consulted by Releasewas published by an anarchist media, the same which read, several weeks ago, the series fires which then touched Tesla vehicles.

The authors of the text specify that sabotage « Van only to disrupt the festival, but also to deprive current the research centers and factories of Thales Alenia Space, its dozens of subcontractors, the start-ups of French Tech who imagine themselves shelter, the airport and all the other industrial, military and technological establishments in the area ». Repeating many times the expression « Cut! » used on filming filming to mark the end of the game of a scene, the press release criticizes a « Mortifer system »the sale of weapons by France which « Sow death » or even « Gerbant speech (powerful, editor’s note) who want to train us in your war preparations ».

These acts caused a blackout of several hours on Saturday on part of the south-eastern France, and in particular in Cannes, on the last day of the festival whose fence was able to take place normally. Shortly before 5 p.m., electricity had been restored for all 160,000 private power households.

This massive breakdown was caused, according to the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes Laurent Hottiaux, by « Serious acts of degradation involving the integrity of electrical infrastructure ». During the night from Friday to Saturday, a fire on an electric post of very high tension in Tanneron (Var) had caused a first cut in the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes. Then, at 10 am, it was an electric pylon located in Villeneuve-Loubet (Alpes-Maritimes) which underwent « Major degradations »according to the prefect. Three of the four pillars of a pylon of the high -voltage line supplying the city of Cannes « Have been sawn »as part of« A malicious act »said the prosecutor of Grasse Damien Savarzeix to AFP.

A new fire Then broke out on the night of Saturday to Sunday on an electric transformer located in Nice, also targets a « Malicious act » According to the mayor, Christian Estrosi. Some 45,000 households were then temporarily deprived of electricity in Nice and in the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer, according to the information provided by Enedis. The Nice tram network was affected for a time, with a delayed resumption at the start of the morning, and the airport, a time deprived of electricity, « Has been briefly realized », said the deputy mayor Gaël Nofri. At 6 am this Sunday, the current was completely restored.