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“The video shows a September 2025 protest in Nepal where a mob tries to break a government building’s gate as police use water cannons and tear gas.”

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FACTLY says: The viral video is not from Nepal. It shows a violent protest on 13 August 2025 in Pati district, Central Java, Indonesia, against Bupati Sudhevo’s tax hike, where demonstrators attacked the Regional Secretariat of Pati…