/ 13 January 2000

TERRORIST THREATS PUTS DAKAR RALLY ON HOLD

THE Paris to Dakar rally, suspended on Tuesday after terrorist threats, will restart on Monday, January 17. Wednesday’s seventh stage start from the Niger capital of Niamey was cancelled following a warning to race organisers from the French foreign ministry. Rally organisers the Thierry Sabine Organisation (TSO) were informed of the possibility of a security risk from terrorists as the race passed through Niger.