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A video is being widely shared on social media which shows dead people in the middle of a road. Those sharing the video claim that it shows Muslim refugees killing white people in France after the current government came into power recently.
A social media user shared the video (warning: disturbing visuals) with the caption, “Muslim party wins elections in France. Now see how Muslims are killing French citizens in their own country. Imagine what will happen in India if the Muslim League’s Congress Party wins the election.” (translated from Hindi)
SouthCheck found that the claim was false. We found that the viral video is of a terrorist attack in 2016 on Bastille Day.
On doing a Google reverse image search with one of the keyframes, we found the same video on a news website. The caption stated that more than 30 people were killed and 100 were injured during the Independence Day celebration in France.
A screenshot of the video was also published on a website, on July 15, 2016, with a caption that when translated to English reads, “A video of just a few seconds after the terrorist attack in Nice.”
Taking a hint, we searched with appropriate keywords and found a similar video from the incident on the YouTube channel France24, uploaded on July 15, 2016. The report suggested that a truck rashly drove across the road during the Bastille Day celebration and killed at least 75 people.
Another report by BBC suggested that the truck driver was identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian man. However, Islamic State later claimed one of its followers carried out the attack.
Moreover, France is currently under the regime of La République En Marche! (LREM), a centrist party founded by Emmanuel Macron, who has been serving as president of France since May 2017. Before 2017, the Socialist Party had been in power since 2012, with François Hollande serving as the president.
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral video is from 2016 and is unrelated to the newly elected government in France.
