MOSCOW, June 22 Explosion of the technical assistance truck of Italian pilot Camelia Liparoti from Team X -Raid Yamaha at the rally marathon «Dakar»-2022 did not happen by chance, according to RMC Sport. The explosion occurred on the night of December 31 to January 1 at the exit from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) the day before the start of the race. French investigators suspect that it was produced as a result of a terrorist attack. «The police found metal balls and objects inside the car that suggested the presence of an explosive device. Thus, they exclude the accidental origin of the explosion,» a source close to RMC Sport told RMC Sport. situation. It is noted that the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office of France did not conduct an investigation on this issue, since it does not have such competence due to the fact that the truck was blown up in Saudi Arabia and belongs to an Italian citizen. The investigation by the French authorities aimed to obtain information from the context and thus be able to compare the explosion of Liparoti's truck with that of the French pilot Philippe Boutron and determine whether both explosions could have been carried out by the same people. In the near future, the French authorities should report the results of their investigation to the Italian authorities. The 2022 Dakar took place from 1 to 14 January. The Russian crews of KAMAZ-master took the first four places at the Dakar in the truck standings. The crew of Dmitry Sotnikov became the winner of the rally for the second year in a row, and KAMAZ-master won the Dakar for the sixth time in a row.
