The explosion of a service car of the French Sodicars Racing team on December 30th that occurred at the exit of the Donatello hotel in Jeddah, in which six passengers were traveling, including driver Philippe Bourton who was injured in the legs, continues to worry the whole world. bivouac. On the day today, the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, opened the possibility of canceling the race in an interview with BFM TV.
When asked by the BMF TV presenter about what happened in Jeddah, the Minister replied: “We realized it very quickly. We asked the organizers and the Saudi authorities to be as transparent as possible about what happened. There are various hypotheses and one of them is a terrorist attack. We recall that in Saudi territory there have already been episodes of terrorist acts against the French. We have an obligation to protect our citizens, to warn them, to prevent and to ask for maximum transparency “.
“We think that perhaps it would be better to suspend this sporting event – continues Minister Le Drian – but the organizers said no. At the very least they should strengthen security, which they have done. But we continue to have our doubts “The question is still under consideration”.
The French anti-terrorist section announced on 4 January that it had opened an investigation into what happened in Jeddah in the days preceding the start of the 44th edition of the Dakar. Furthermore, the ASO confirmed that both the Saudi and French authorities are investigating what happened. All this after the organization has strengthened the security of its bivouacs (itinerant and generally outside the cities, with the exception of Riyadh and Jeddah), where about 3,500 people are found every day.
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