Today’s Figures on the Riots

 In total, between the night of June 27 to 28 and July 2 to 3, there were officially 12 031 vehicles burned, 2 508 buildings burned down or damaged, including 273 police and gendarmerie premises, 105 town halls burnt or damaged, 168 schools were attacked. 722 law enforcement personnel were injured.

3,625 people were taken into custody throughout the territory (1,124 of whom are minors). Among all those arrested, « the average age is between 17 and 18 (…) the youngest is 11 years old and the oldest 59 years old, one third are minors”, “60% of the total have no criminal record”, «10% of the people arrested are non-French and there have been 40 placements in administrative detention centres» according to the Minister of Interior. Of the detained persons, 990 of the age of majority and 253 minors were referred to the prosecutor’s office, and 480 of the age of majority were referred to the court for immediate appearance. To date, 380 people have been sent to prison, whether they have been sentenced or placed in pre-trial detention pending trial.

On the damage side, the Association des Maires de France [Federation of Mayors] (AMF) reports “150 town halls or municipal buildings attacked since Tuesday, a first in the country’s history”. And the Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade, Crafts and Tourism, announced that 436 tobacconists have been affected since the beginning of the riots, three-quarters of them have been looted and 10% have been completely destroyed.

In addition, about 370 bank branches have been vandalized in recent days, 80 of which were destroyed or set on fire, according to the French Banking Federation (FBF). Of the 7,000 post offices in the country, 80 were unable to reopen due to destruction, 150 were “impacted” and 80 La Banque Postale ATMs were destroyed.

According to Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, president of the Medef, the employers’ federation, the damage to companies is in the order of 1 billion euros. The insurers report an initial invoice of 280 million euros, with the first 5800 claims received. By comparison, after several weeks of riots in 2005, the bill for insurers was $204 million. And this is just the beginning of the assessments—

In the Ile-de-France region, a total of 39 buses and a T6 tram train have been burned since 28 June, with an estimated total of at least €20 million in damage to public transport in the region. Bus depots were burned in Aubervilliers, Provins, Evry, Blanc-Mesnil, Dugny or Savigny-sur-Orge. Ten tram stations were destroyed on lines T5, T6, T8 and T9 with damage to the tune of of 2 million euros.

Finally, “of the 500 cities that have priority neighbourhoods (QPV), more than 150 have not experienced clashes and about 50 towns that do not have the political districts of the city have experienced clashes,” the Interior Minister reported in the Senate on July 5. And according to the tallies drawn up by the ministry of national Education on Sunday, July 2, 210 schools suffered fires and damage (bin fires, destruction or attempted break-ins). Classrooms of course, but also teachers’ rooms and administrative offices have been damaged or even completely destroyed. With “some sixty establishments that have suffered significant damage, of which a dozen have been destroyed or partially destroyed,” declared the Minister of national education

[ Updated with the figures of the Ministry of Justice, Tuesday, July 4 at 8 pm, and those given by the Minister of the Interior during his hearing in the Senate on July 5 afternoon. ]

via: Sansnom
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