In total, 15,600 claims linked to the violence which followed the death of Nahel, 17, killed during a road check in Nanterre, were declared.
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Lhe cost of damage linked to urban violence which followed the death of a teenager killed by the police during a road check was reassessed on Wednesday at 730 million euros, compared to 650 million previously, according to a press release from France Assureurs.
Damage to professional property and local authorities represents more than 90% of the total cost (65% and 27% respectively), according to the federation of insurers. A total of 15,600 claims related to the violence that followed the death of Nahel, 17, killed during a traffic check in Nanterre, have been declared.
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“This reassessment of the damage linked to urban violence at the end of June confirms the heavy price paid by local authorities and their insurers for these riots”, declared Florence Lustman, president of France Assureurs, quoted in the press release.
Extended reporting deadlines
From 1er July, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, asked insurers to extend declaration deadlines, reduce deductibles and quickly compensate professionals who were victims of the riots, towards whom the banks were also called upon to show understanding. The professional federation invited its members three days later to “reduce” the deductibles for the “small independent traders hardest hit” by urban violence.
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On Wednesday, a 38-year-old man of no fixed address was sentenced by the Bobigny criminal court to two and a half years in prison for setting fire to the town’s administrative center during the riots in early July. On the night of June 30 to 1er July, the fire in this building, which houses the city’s civil registry, did not cause any injuries but had significant consequences for users.
