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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) punishment beatings, (b) punishment shootings and (c) murders there were in Northern Ireland in (i) each week and (ii) each month from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000; and if he will indicate for each week and month how many of those crimes were committed by (A) Republican, (B) Loyalist and (C) other groups. [159387] Mr. Ingram: The tables provide the information requested. Casualties as a result of paramilitary style attacks from January-December 2000 (by week) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Shootings Assaults By Loyalists By Republicans By Loyalists By Republicans 1-2 January 1 -- -- -- 3-9 January -- -- 4 -- 10-16 January 2 -- 1 -- 17-23 January -- -- -- -- 24-30 January -- -- 3 1 31 January-6 February 1 -- 3 1 7-13 February 1 -- -- -- 14-20 February 1 -- 2 1 21-27 February 1 -- -- 1 28 February-5 March 3 -- 1 -- 6-12 March 2 3 2 1 13-19 March 4 2 -- 1 20-26 March -- -- 3 1 27 March-2 April 2 2 3 1 3-9 April -- 5 1 3 10-16 April -- 2 2 -- 17-23 April -- 1 -- 2 24-30 April 6 -- 2 2 1-7 May 5 4 2 1 8-14 May 2 -- 2 4 15-21 May 2 -- 2 2 22-28 May -- 1 -- 1 29 May-4 June -- 1 2 -- 5-11 June -- -- 2 1 12-18 June 3 -- 4 1 19-25 June 2 2 -- 2 26 June-2 July 1 -- -- -- 3-9 July 8 1 1 2 10-16 July 2 1 2 -- 17-23 July 1 -- -- 1 24-30 July 1 -- 1 2 31 July-6 August 2 -- 6 -- 7-13 August 1 1 1 -- 14-20 August -- 1 3 -- 21-27 August -- 1 1 1 28 August-3 September 3 3 -- 2 4-10 September 3 2 4 2 11-17 September 3 -- 2 1 18-24 September -- 1 -- 1 25 September-1 October 3 2 -- 2 2-8 October 4 3 -- -- 9-15 October 4 -- 3 1 16-22 October -- -- 1 2 23-29 October 1 1 -- -- 30 October-5 November -- 2 -- 1 6-12 November 1 1 1 -- 13-19 November 2 1 -- 1 20-26 November -- -- 3 2 27 November-3 December -- 2 2 1 4-10 December 1 1 2 1 11-17 December 3 2 -- 1 18-24 December 4 1 3 2 25-31 December -- -- 1 1 Total 2000 86 50 78 54 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Casualties as a result of paramilitary style attacks from January-December 2000 (by month) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Shootings Assaults By Loyalists By Republicans By Loyalists By Republicans January 3 -- 9 1 February 4 -- 4 3 March 11 6 8 4 April 6 9 6 7 May 9 5 6 8 June 6 3 8 4 July 13 2 4 5 August 5 6 11 3 September 8 5 6 6 October 10 5 4 3 November 3 4 5 5 December 8 5 7 5 Total 2000 86 50 78 54 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Deaths due to the security situation from January-December 2000 (by week) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Number 1-2 January -- 3-19 January -- 10-16 January 1 17-23 January -- 24-30 January -- 31 January-6 February -- 7-13 February -- 14-20 February 2 21-27 February -- 28 February-5 March -- 6-12 March -- 13-19 March -- 20-26 March -- 27 March-2 April -- 3-9 April -- 10-16 April -- 17-23 April -- 24-30 April -- 1-7 May -- 8-14 May -- 15-21 May -- 22-28 May 1 29 May-4 June 1 5-11 June -- 12-18 June -- 19-25 June -- 26 June-2 July -- 3-9 July -- 10-16 July 1 17-23 July -- 24-30 July -- 31 July-6 August -- 7-13 August -- 14-20 August -- 21-27 August 3 28 August-3 September -- 4-10 September -- 11-17 September -- 18-24 September -- 25 September-1 October 1 2-8 October -- 9-15 October 1 16-22 October -- 23-29 October 1 30 October-5 November 3 6-12 November -- 13-19 November -- 20-26 November -- 27 November-3 December -- 4-10 December 2 11-17 December -- 18-24 December 1 25-31 December -- Total 2000 18 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Deaths due to the security situation from January-December 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Number January 1 February 2 March -- April -- May 2 June -- July 1 August 3 September 1 October 4 November 1 December 3 Total 2000 18 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

368 c499-501W;368 c501-3W; 159387

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Crimes of violence Homicide Northern Ireland Terrorism

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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