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00:07Violence erupted in Paris following PSG's victory against Arsenal in the Champions League final on 30 May,
00:14which saw the French side beat their English competitors on penalties.
00:18Hundreds have been arrested following clashes between football fans, which have left scores injured and one person dead.
00:25But amid reams of real footage, plenty of fakes have surfaced too, such as this video, which many social media
00:31users say shows the Eiffel Tower on fire.
00:34However, if we look at the account that originally shared the clip, we can see that he says the tower
00:39is shrouded in smoke following the start of a fire on the banks of the River Seine nearby.
00:44He does not say that the iconic monument itself is burning, and there have been no official police reports stating
00:50that.
00:50Another video circulating widely shows overturned cars, street fires and people smashing up a bus stop.
00:57The caption used a xenophobic language to allege that immigrants have destroyed the French capital over a football match.
01:03However, this video is old and does not show violence in Paris following the PSG Arsenal game.
01:09In fact, we've already debunked it once before.
01:11It circulated on social media in early April this year, allegedly showing a riot that had just broken out.
01:17But in reality, the video dates back to 2022, in the aftermath of a shooting against Paris' Kurdish community.
01:24Yet another old video is doing the rounds with captions saying that shirtless Sri Lankan men were smashing coconuts in
01:30the streets of Paris and making a mess following the match.
01:33But it actually depicts the annual Ganesh Festival, which falls in August or September, depending on the year,
01:38and has been celebrated by Paris' Tamil community for around 30 years.
01:43Reports state that participants and private companies clean up the streets following the event.
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