Claim: A video of hooded uniformed men carrying rifles and dragging handcuffed men through a door has been viewed thousands of times in a Facebook post purporting to show French soldiers detained in Mali. But the claim is false: the clip features the arrest of suspects in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.
Fact-check: This clip shows the arrest of suspects in the murder of Haiti's president, not of French soldiers
Verdict: this clip shows the arrest of suspects in the murder of haiti's president, not of french soldiers
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Mary Kulundu;Marin Lefevre
Date published: 2022-01-19T15:43:00