Claim: A recent video of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer on fire in the United Kingdom.
Fact-check: Unrelated old video from Mexico shared as recent footage of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer ablaze in the United Kingdom - FACTLY
Verdict: 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. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2023-11-03T11:01:36