The explosion at the Donatello Hotel in Jeddah on 30 December injured Frenchman Philippe Boutron, a driver for the Sodicars Racing team.
Event organisers the ASO subsequently reinforced security at the bivouacs in the days after the incident, and the French anti-terrorist agency has now announced that it is investigating the circumstances.
The explosion, which was already being investigated by the Saudi Arabian police, occurred in the French team’s assistance car, that was carrying five other people along with driver Boutron.
He suffered serious leg injuries that required emergency surgery, and has since been airlifted back to France at Percy Military Hospital in Paris.
Rally organisers have limited themselves to speaking of a “malicious act”, but the question remains as to whether it was a terrorist incident.
A statement issued on Tuesday evening from the French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office said it has begun investigating the “attempted murder linked to a…
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