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Should the Dakar race be held at all costs, despite very strong suspicions of an attack? This Thursday, the family of the seriously injured pilot pointed to the communication of Amaury sport organization.
“I had no news from the race director, who only contacted us two and a half days after the accident.” A week after the explosion of Philippe Boutron’s vehicle in Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of the Dakar and two days after the opening of an investigation by the national anti-terrorism prosecution for “attempted assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise”, the family of the Sodicars pilot spoke on Thursday. She points to the minimal communication from the organizing company, Amaury sport organization, to her and to that of the rest of the bivouac.
On RMC, Benoît Boutron – son of the victim and journalist of the channel – first gives news of his father, treated at the Percy de Clamart military hospital, “Out of a coma”, after being repatriated Monday morning from Jeddah. “He is injured in both legs but we will know more in ten days. We were able to see him, we can talk, it remains limited but these are special moments, he went through an intensive care unit, it takes time to recover. “
“Do not make waves”
If the facts surrounding the explosion, which occurred two days before the start of the Dakar …