@ faithfull, the rioters caused the damage to local businesses, no one else. The local community/business owners etc should be working closely with law enforcement to bring those responsible to justice - I would if it was my business.

Surely if you're livelihood had been destroyed by local assholes its the first thing you would do. THATS where it has to start. These are, as the article says, zero % loans. Most property insurance policies wont cover your home for rioting or offer any sort of loan, far less a private business, so they are lucky any funds are being made available (and I appreciate the nightmare they must be going through) but why should the tax payer cover the cost? What about next time, next place? Again, everybody needs to play their part in that particular town, shoulder the blame and make sure it never happens again - and stop screaming about false persecution. Its getting boring....