Fibre optic cables have been 'sabotaged' in Paris with reports of several internet operators being impacted.

Local media reports new major sabotage of long distance cables took place last night in France around 2.15 am.

The operator Netalis noted an attack on the cables in Montpellier, Marseille, between Paris and Lyon (impacting the East of France) and between Paris and Strasbourg.

The reports said that infrastructure in southern France, the Meuse region near Luxembourg and the Oise area near Paris had also been vandalised.

Local media reports an attack on fibre optic cables

It comes as the French government is leaning towards the likelihood that far-left extremists were behind last week's sabotage of the country's SNCF rail network, which coincided with the Olympic Games opening ceremony, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

Saboteurs struck France's high-speed train network on Friday with pre-dawn attacks on signal substations and cables at critical points, causing travel chaos hours before the opening ceremony.

"We have identified the profiles of several people," Darmanin told France 2 TV, regarding the hunt for those saboteurs.

He added that the saboteurs' mode of operation bore the hallmarks of far-left extremists, without providing examples.

High-speed trains around France suffered sabotage