I debated posting this, but if knowing about this incident might help anyone stay safe, I am making the right decision.

The Dakar Rally has been conducted in a safe manner thus far, and this isolated incident has nothing to do with the DAKAR.

Yesterday, on a crowded street in Buenos Aires, a thief was running from a store he had just robbed and as he turned and pointed a plastic gun at a police officer, the policeman shot him dead.

In the confusion, a motorcycle messenger, close to the scene, but having nothing to do with the robbery was also shot twice.

Another bullet struck the gas tank of another motorcycle passing by or parked nearby and the bike reportedly, exploded.

As the word spread and other motorcycle messengers grouped and began following the Ambulance, transporting the wounded motorcycle messenger to the hospital, the *police assumed these concerned "friends" to be a motorcycle gang and further gunfire was very narrowly avoided.

As the Argentine's welcome the DAKAR RALLY and are turning out in record numbers to witness the event (1/2 million at the Obelisco yesterday), life in this big city goes on, and the purpose of this post is to remind everyone of this fact. xfiltrate

*More on "Police" in several posts> North America Region forum, under " Beware of paranoid police in southern Arizona! "

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