Date: 04/02/2013

A French high-speed train travelling from Marseille to Nice has been stopped in its tracks by a group of youths. The gang lit flares and blocked the line forcing the driver to bring the locomotive to a halt.

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French TGV halted by flare wielding youths

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A French high-speed train travelling from Marseille to Nice has been stopped in its tracks by a group of youths. The gang lit flares and blocked

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