A week after unrest began in France, sparked by the death of a teenager killed by a police officer on June 27, the government estimates 1,105 buildings have been burned down or damaged.
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Here is a detailed damage report:
According to a count stopped at 5.30am on Tuesday, the French interior ministry has registered 269 attacks on police stations, gendarmerie brigades and city police stations.
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In the Paris region, attacks were counted on 36 municipal police stations, 18 town halls or town hall annexes, a crèche, a gym, two neighborhood houses, three cultural centers and two media libraries.
“Sixty facilities suffered significant damage, including from fires breaking out,” of which “a dozen were destroyed or partially destroyed,” according to National Education Minister Pap Ndiaye.
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In a broader sense, the ministry counted deteriorations in 243 establishments. At the moment, “we’re talking about damage in the tens of millions,” estimated Mr. Ndiaye.
According to La Poste to AFP, nearly 80 post offices “could not reopen due to destruction or risk to staff and customers present” with “sometimes” “very significant” damage as “some facilities were set on fire, which led to the destruction.” of the existing letters and parcels.
Of the 7,000 post offices, 150 were affected and 80 La Banque Postale ATMs “destroyed”.
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According to the Economy Ministry, more than 1,000 businesses were destroyed, attacked or set on fire.
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Notably, about thirty grocery stores burned down and “several dozen clothing stores were looted.”
Twenty brand-affiliated gyms have been impacted and have not reopened, with independents counting. 60 sporting goods stores were looted.
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A dozen hardware stores and “a few dozen” fast-food establishments were affected.
For the time being, the main targets remain the tobacco shops: 436 tobacco shops were affected, of which “three quarters were looted and 10% were completely destroyed”, according to the ministry. The Tobacco Association estimates the damage costs at more than 15 million euros.
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According to the French Banking Federation (FBF), 370 branches were affected, 40% of them in the Île-de-France (Paris region). Of these, “80 were very badly damaged, even destroyed,” says a spokesman for the FBF.
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A total of 39 buses and a tram have burned down since June 28, the Île-de-France region told the AFP news agency, which put the total damage at 16 million euros.
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The operator Ile-de-France Mobilités speaks of “at least 20 million euros damage” for public transport in the region.
5,892 vehicles were set on fire across France, according to a Home Office count stopped at 5.30am on Tuesday.
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According to the President of France Assureurs, Florence Lustman, the 5,800 claims currently reported by individuals or professionals are likely to “already cost insurers at least 280 million euros”, while “complete” claims have not yet been reported.
Medef President Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux put the amount of damage for companies alone at “more than one billion euros”.