Deaths/killings

Code:: S2
Key Area:: Racist violence - Hate Speech Statistics
Strand(s):: Statistics

29/12/2011 - 12:50

Short Answer

There is no data available

Qualitative Info

There is no data available on the number of deaths/killings. The Prosecution Department registered 161 cases of race-related personal injuries in 2010.

Numbers of cases

Official or estimates

Exemplary cases

Groups affected/interested

Type (R/D)

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Anti-racism

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18/12/2012 - 16:27

Short Answer

Qualitative Info

On March 19, 2012, three children and a rabbi were killed at a Jewish school in Toulouse (South West of France) by Mohamed Merah. Earlier he also killed three French paratroopers and critically wounded another. There isn’t another data available for 2011.

Sources:

Le Monde, 20.03.2012, De Montauban à Toulouse, la piste d'un même tueur se confirme, http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2012/03/19/de-montauban-a-toulouse-la-piste-d-un-meme-tueur-se-confirme_1672231_3224.html, Accessed on 20.03.2012.
BBC News, 20.03.2012, Shootings in Toulouse and Montauban: What we know, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17428860, Accessed on 20.03.2012.