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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 to 28 February; 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. [155913] Mr. Ingram: The tables show the information requested from 1 January 2001 to the most recent date of 25 March. Security situation statistics--Deaths 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. By Loyalists By Republicans By week -- 1-7 January 1 -- 8-14 January -- -- 15-21 January -- -- 22-28 January -- -- 29 January-4 February -- -- 5-11 February -- -- 12-18 February -- -- 19-25 February -- -- 26 February-4 March -- -- 5-11 March -- -- 12-18 March 1 -- 19-25 March -- -- By month January 1 -- February -- -- 1-25 March 1 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Includes all deaths due to the security situation 2. 2001 figures are provisional and may be subject to minor amendment Casualties as a result of paramilitary style attacks 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Assaults Shootings By Loyalists By Republicans By Loyalists By Republicans 1-7 January 2 3 1 1 8-14 January 1 -- 3 3 15-21 January 6 5 -- 1 22-28 January 1 -- 4 1 29 January-4 February 2 -- 4 2 5-11 February 1 1 -- -- 12-18 February 4 3 -- 2 19-25 February 3 -- 1 -- 26 February-4 March 4 -- 4 2 5-11 March 4 7 2 2 12-18 March 1 2 3 3 19-25 March 1 1 4 -- By month January 11 8 12 6 February 9 4 3 5 1-25 March 10 10 11 6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: 2001 figures are provisional and may be subject to minor amendment

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

368 c502-3W;368 c504-5W; 155913

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Crimes of violence Homicide Northern Ireland Terrorism

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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