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00:30This video, which many social media users say shows the Eiffel Tower on fire.
00:34However, if we look at the account that originally shared the clip,
00:37we can see that he says the tower is shrouded in smoke
00:40following 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,
00:47and there have been no official police reports stating that.
00:50Another video circulating widely shows overturned cars, street fires,
00:55and people smashing up a bus stop.
00:57The caption used a xenophobic language to allege that immigrants
01:00have destroyed the French capital over a football match.
01:03However, this video is old and does not show violence in Paris
01:07following 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,
01:15allegedly showing a riot that had just broken out.
01:18But in reality, the video dates back to 2022,
01:21in the aftermath of a shooting against Paris' Kurdish community.
01:24Yet another old video is doing the rounds,
01:27with captions saying that shirtless Sri Lankan men
01:29were smashing coconuts in the streets of Paris
01:31and making a mess following the match.
01:33But it actually depicts the annual Ganesh festival,
01:36which 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
01:46clean up the streets following the event.
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