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By Anmol Alphonso A post claiming that France has banned citizens from 57 Muslim countries after the recent riots in the country is false and no such announcement has been made by the French government. The post also goes on to falsely claim that Indian citizens have been exempt from the ban. Widespread riots had broken out in France after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian heritage was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27, 2023. The caption of the viral post reads, "*Big Breaking News : France has banned visas and passports of people from all 5...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing a part of a train engulfed in flames at Zurich Altstetten station, Switzerland, is being shared with a false and communal claim that a train was set on fire by Muslim migrants. BOOM reached out to Swiss Federal Railways spokesperson who said that the cause of the fire is still being investigated but that the focus is on 'a technical defect' and there is no evidence of third-party involvement in the fire. Seven people were detained, most of them teenagers, after several shop windows in the Swiss city of Lausanne were smashed as young people gathered in an “echo...
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By Anmol Alphonso A set of several old and unrelated videos of French police using excessive force and beating up protesters including women is being shared as a police crackdown during the recent riots in the country. Widespread riots broke out in France last week after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian heritage was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27, 2023. The video which is 55 seconds long, consists of nine video clips, many showing French police using excessive force against women protesters or dragging protesters in the street. The viral...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video of an Apple store in Bordeaux, France being looted in December 2018 is being shared with as recent linking it to the riots in the county last week. An Apple store was damaged during the recent protests in Strasbourg, France when protesters were seen smashing the windows of the store on June 30, 2023. However, the viral video does not show the same Apple store or same location. Widespread riots broke out in France last week after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian heritage was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27, 2...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of protesters at the Central de la République in France carrying Algerian flags is being linked to the current unrest in France. BOOM found that the video is from 2019 when French-Algerian residents were demonstrating against former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika running for a fifth term. The video shows demonstrators gathered at Central de la République in Paris and carrying Algerian flags. Right-wing Twitter users in India have tweeted claiming demonstrators showed their support and demanded justice for Nahel M, a 17-year-old French boy of Algerian desce...
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By Srijit Das A collage of two images, one showing a pro-refugee rally in Belgium in 2015 while another showing firefighters trying to extinguish burning vehicles in a Paris suburb is being shared linking the former to the recent unrest in France. In the first image, a large group of people can be seen holding a big banner welcoming refugees with the message, 'They are not dangerous, they are in danger!'. France's President Emmanuel Macron on July 4 said that the country was past the peak of the rioting phase. France has been gripped by spiraling riots over the death of a teenager of Algerian ...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video from Portland, United States of a Louis Vuitton store being looted during protests after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis is being shared with a false claim that it is from France during the recent violence that broke out. Widespread riots broke out in France last week after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian heritage was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27, 2023. Looting was reported in several cities including Lyon, Marseille and Grenoble. Several old and unrelated images and videos are being sh...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team A photo showing a woman wearing an Amnesty International sign that reads 'My pussy is open for refugees', is digitally edited, as the original sign said 'My door is open for refugees.' The morphed photo is being falsely linked to the recent unrest in France, which has been in the throes of widespread riots in the past week, after the fatal shooting of a 17-year old boy of Algerian descent, at a traffic signal. However, BOOM found that the original photo is from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada at a rally in support of Syrian refugees, in 2015. The morphed photo is being ...
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By Swasti Chatterjee An old video showing a group of people seated at an outdoor cafe with glasses of wine while a fire lit by protestors rages in a street in the background in France, is being falsely linked to the ongoing riots in the country. The video shows visuals of people sitting at an outdoor cafe and drinking wine, with fire burning in the background and a huddle by protesters. The video has been shared with the caption, "A glass of wine at a nice café while watching Paris burning ; French joie de vivre at its best ." Click here and here to view archives of tweets. France witnessed ma...
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By Anmol Alphonso Old and unrelated videos showing animals running loose on the streets of a town on the outskirts of Paris, France is being shared with the false claim that a zoo was forced open in Paris by rioters releasing wild animals. BOOM found that the viral video is old dating back to April 2020 when animals escaped from a circus. Further, the Paris Zoological Park tweeted on July 3, 2023 denying any escapes by wild animals. France is reeling from widespread riots after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian heritage was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nan...
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