Two French anarchist groups have claimed responsibility for a massive power cut that left more than 160,000 in Nice and the Cannes Film Festival in darkness over the weekend.
For five hours on Saturday, power was cut across the south of France, leaving vital services like ATMs and traffic lights in a completely unusable state.
A day after the outage, which local officials said was caused by a suspected arson attack on a nearby substation and the vandalism of an electricity pylon, two self-proclaimed 'bands of anarchists' said they were behind the attacks
In an anonymous letter published on Sunday, the groups reportedly wrote: 'The aim of the action was not only to disrupt the festival, but also to deprive all industrial establishments of electricity.
'We're not on a film set, but 'cut!' seemed to sum up our desire to turn off this deadly system', they added.
