The cost of the damage linked to the urban violence which followed the death of a teenager killed by the police during a roadside check was reassessed on Wednesday at 730 million euros, against 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 17-year-old Nahel, killed during a traffic check in Nanterre, have been declared.
“This reassessment of the damage linked to the urban violence at the end of June confirms the heavy price paid by local authorities and their insurers for these riots”, said Florence Lustman, president of France Assureurs, quoted in the press release.
As of July 1, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, had asked insurers to extend the declaration deadlines, reduce deductibles and quickly compensate professionals who were victims of the riots, to whom the banks were also called upon to show understanding. The professional federation had invited its members three days later to “reduce” the deductibles for the “small independent traders hardest hit” by the urban violence.
On Wednesday, a 38-year-old homeless man was sentenced by the Bobigny Criminal Court to two and a half years in prison for setting fire to the city’s administrative center during the riots in early July. On the night of June 30 to July 1, the fire in this building, which houses the city’s civil registry, did not cause any injuries but had significant consequences for users.
