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Audience ratings certified by ACPM/OJD. #Covid-19 France Africa International Science & Technology Culture 1. 2. / France SPORTS France opens terror investigation after Dakar rally vehicle is hit by blast Issued on: 05/01/2022 - 15:00Modified: 05/01/2022 - 15:01 Since 2020 the Dakar rally, which is open to both amateurs and professionals, has been in Saudi Arabia. Since 2020 the Dakar rally, which is open to both amateurs and professionals, has been in Saudi Arabia. AP - Bernat Armangue Text by: Amanda Morrow with RFI 1 min French authorities have launched a terrorism probe into an explosion that hit a vehicle during the Dakar 2022 rally in Saudi Arabia, badly injuring a French driver. Advertising Read more The investigation into the 30th of December incident is to look into "attempted murder in relation to a terrorist undertaking", the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday. Five French crew members were travelling in a support vehicle belonging to the French team Sodicars when the explosion went off in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. Sixty-one-year-old Philippe Boutron underwent surgery in Saudi Arabia suffering severe leg wounds. He was repatriated to France on Monday and put into an induced coma in a military hospital near Paris. Dakar Rally competitor Philippe Boutron was hospitalised with serious leg injuries following an explosion of a support truck operated by his Sodicars Racing team.https://t.co/p2YEnlbAOV -- The Checkered Flag (@TheCheckerFlag) January 3, 2022 'Not racing related' Organisers of the annual competition said the incident occured shortly after the Sodicars team had left their hotel and were on their way to the race route. The blast, which French newspaper L'Equipe said ripped through the floor of the vehicle before setting it alight, was not related to racing, the organisers added. Meanwhile Saudi authorities indicated there was no criminal suspicion. France's terrorism probe has been entrusted to the Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), the country's counter-terrorism security agency. The Foreign Ministry has updated its advice on Saudi Arabia, appealing for maximum alert citing an existing "security risk". Security threats Formerly known as the Paris-Dakar, the race - open to both amateurs and professionals - used to be staged from the French capital to the Senegalese capital. But security threats in the Sahel, which led to the cancellation of the 2008 event, saw it moved to South America in 2009. The rally been held entirely in Saudi Arabia since 2020. This year's final stage will take place on 14th January. 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