Violent protests erupted in France following the fatal shooting of Nayel, a 17-year-old Algeria-Moroccan descent, by the police during a traffic stop. The riots have now continued for five days, resulting in the arrest of approximately 1,300 people.
Against this backdrop, a video showing zebra running swiftly on a road ahead of a horse is widely shared on social media, claiming that animals were released from a zoo by rioters in France.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “In France, the rioters let the animals out of a zoo. Zebras, elephants and others escaped”.
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Performing a Reverse Image Search, our team found a news report in Daily Mail, dated April 13, 2020, carrying the same viral video. According to the article, “The animal had escaped from a zoo in Ormesson-sur-Marne after the gate to its enclosure was left open on Friday evening. The zebra, joined by two horses, made its way to the neighbouring town of Champigny-sur-Marne on the outskirts of Paris, where locals couldn’t believe their eyes as it ran along the road.”
The Indian Express and Republic World had also carried visuals similar to the viral video in April 2020. “A video from the streets of Paris recently surfaced online showing circus animals roaming freely at night. One of the videos that is going viral on Twitter shows one zebra and two horses running alongside a car in the streets of Paris, France,” reads one article.
A YouTube channel, dated April 13, 2020, also carries the same viral video with a caption: “Zebra goes for a run around Paris amid coronavirus lockdown.”
Thus, it is evident from the above information that an old unrelated video is falsely linked to the recent protests in France.
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