2005 French riots

The 2005 civil unrest in France was a series of riots in October and November. Many cars and public buildings, for example schools were burnt. The riots started on October 25, 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris. Afterwards they spread to other parts of France. Together they lasted for about 3 weeks. The riots were a reaction to the accidental deaths of two teenage boys and the serious injuries of another. The three boys hid in a power substation and got an electric shock, after being chased by police. However the boys did not commit a crime.

The event starting the riots
The New York Times said the event started at 17:20 on 27 October 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois. They said they know this from a police report. The police were called to a construction site, because of a burglary. Three teenagers thought they were being chased by the police, so they climed a fence of a power substation. This was because the feared long questioning by the police. Another 6 teenagers were caught by the police for questioning by 17:50. At 18:12 at the local police station in Livry-Gargan the lights went out because of a blackout. This black-out was caused by the death of Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré in the power station and the injury of the third boy.

There is a controversy, if the boys were chased by police. The local prosecutor and Nicholas Sarkozy, who was minister of interior at that time said no. But the newspaper The Australian, who asked some of his friends, said yes.

Before this event there had been in issues with unemployment and police brutality in this town. But after this event mobs of protesters gathered. The Associated Press quoted a protester with "People are joining together to say we've had enough. We live in ghettos. Everyone lives in fear."

Statistics

 Started: 17:20 on Thursday, 27 October 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois.
 Towns with riots: 274 (on November 7)
 Property damage: 8,973 vehicles (Not including buildings).
 Costs: Estimated at €200 million.

 Arrests: 2,888
 Deaths: 1 (Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec)
 Police and firefighters injured: 126

Statistics by night
  day  Number of cars burned  arrests   places with riots  sources1. Friday October 28, 2005  NA  27  Clichy-sous-Bois  2. Saturday October 29, 2005  29  14   Clichy-sous-Bois  https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051029/wl_afp/franceriotpolice 3. Sunday October 30, 2005  30  19   Clichy-sous-Bois  4. Monday October 31, 2005  NA  NA   Clichy-sous-Bois, Montfermeil   5. Tuesday November 1, 2005  69  NA   Seine-Saint-Denis  6. Wednesday November 2, 2005  40  NA  Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne Val-d’Oise, Hauts-de-Seine   7. Thursday November 3, 2005  315  29  Île-de-France, Dijon, Rouen, Bouches-du-Rhône  Actualités en temps réel Le Nouvel Observateur8. Friday November 4, 2005  596  78   Île-de-France, Dijon, Rouen, Marseille  9. Saturday November 5, 2005  897  253  Île-de-France, Rouen, Dijon, Marseille, Évreux, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Hem, Strasbourg, Rennes, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Pau, Lille  10. Sunday November 6, 2005  1,295  312   Île-de-France, Nord, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Haute-Garonne, Loire-Atlantique, Essonne. 11. Monday November 7, 2005  1,408  395   274 towns in total. Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.  Actualités en temps réel Le Nouvel Observateur12. Tuesday November 8, 2005  1,173  330  Paris region, Lille, Auxerre, Toulouse, Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté   13. Wednesday 9 November 2005  617  280  116 towns in total. Paris region, Toulouse, Rhône, Gironde, Arras, Grasse, Dole, Bassens14. Thursday November 10, 2005  482  203   Toulouse, Belfort http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-10T073440Z_01_HO756911_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FRANCE-RIOTS1.xml&archived=False15. Friday November 11, 2005  463  201  Toulouse, Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille 16. Saturday November 12, 2005  502  206  NA   17. Sunday November 13, 2005  374  212  Lyon, Toulouse,  Carpentras, Dunkirk, Amiens, Grenoble   18. Monday November 14, 2005  284  115  Toulouse, Faches-Thumesnil, Halluin,  Grenoble  19. Tuesday November 15, 2005  215  71  Saint-Chamond, Bourges   20. Wednesday November 16, 2005  163  50  Paris region, Arras, Brest, Vitry-le-François, Romans-sur-Isère    TOTAL  20 nights  8,973  2,888       

References

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