France experienced widespread riots following the fatal shooting of the Algerian descent by the police during a traffic stop on June 27, 2023. The violent unrest spread across different parts of the country. Against this backdrop, a video showing one high-rise residential building on fire is doing the rounds on social media claiming that it is a tower in France.
A Facebook user posted the viral post with following captions:
FROM TELEGRAM
Macron is pulling social media down & off the air because he DOES NOT want you to see the latest developments: https://rumble.com/v2xr254-macron-is-pulling-social-media…
Apartment buildings are on fire and people burn inside, asphyxiate and the firefighters can’t do jack shit! Here you have the video.
We measure a fire covering at least 20 stores in the block!
France is in civil war attacked by the Muslim African bands and we have information they are handed weapons by the WEF, WHO Bill Gates foundations, Islamic terrorist states, Macron and the French army himself and god knows who else.
This is the latest information please share.
We have also found plans they are planning to escalate the conflict and start similar actions in all the Western civilisation
This is not some mumbo jumbo but a real threat. Do share
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the video keyframes, we identified a YouTube video, dated June 29, 2023, on an unverified channel. The video matches with the viral clip, and its content indicates that the incident happened in Ajman or Dubai in the UAE.
Conducting a Google Keyword Search, we spotted a video report in Reuters, dated June 27, 2023 and titled: Massive blaze engulfs UAE residential tower.
The building in the video matches with the building in the viral clip, and the report confirms that the incident happened in a high-rise residential building in Ajman, UAE. It also cites the official handle of Ajman Police as its source.
The media in the tweet shows the before and after state of the building in Ajman. The building in the pictures matches the one in the viral clip, confirming that the incident did happen in Ajman. Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming French protesters set a residential building on fire, is false.
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