“A recent video of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer on fire in the United Kingdom”
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post shows an old incident of a protestor setting fire to a Mexican police officer during the protests over the death of a man in custody. The incident took place in June 2020 in Guadalajara city in the Jalisco state of Mexico. The video shared in the post is old and unrelated to the United Kingdom or the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 November 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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