A recent video has been circulated where it has been claimed that pro-Hamas riots broke out in Sweden and that the rioters targeted police and protestors seizing police vehicles while yelling religious slogans.
“Big Breaking News -…….Pro-Hamas riots in Sweden. These rioting Islamists can be seen attacking police and stealing a police van.” was claimed by a verified user on twitter, “@ajaychauhan41” after the video went viral during the current war between Israel and Hamas. After sharing the video on Oct 13, following his claim, the user has received an about 9,983 views on X.
Big Breaking News
— हम लोग We The People 🇮🇳 (@ajaychauhan41) October 13, 2023
-स्वीडन में हमास समर्थक दंगे। इन दंगाई इस्लामवादियों को पुलिस पर हमला करते और पुलिस की एक वैन चुराते हुए देखा जा सकता है। pic.twitter.com/Xohs04T7JV
Another verfied twitter profile, sonofabench (“@therealmrbench“), agreed the claim made by other users and shared his view with the caption “Day of Rage. Migrants steal police vehicle in Sweden #hamas #IsraelPalestineConflict #Palestine” .
A tweet was later deleted on X by “@PaulTheBookGuy“, who claimed “TERROR IN SWEDEN: Hamas supporters in Sweden took over a police car and started rioting… #JihadThe13th” after the incident went viral. The archive post can be read from above.
Terror Alarm (“@Terror_Alarm“) wrote on X “Hamas supporters in Sweden! If this footage is new, Sweden has a serious problem.” and it was reshared by 150 more people with more than 50k views on his post.
The Truth Behind the Incident : FACT
The real truth is that this is an outdated Swedish video and not a video from the current Israel – Palestine conflict. The claim made by the users on the social media were not real.
The incident happened in 2022 during a protest against the burning of the Quran. The rioters took over the town in mid-April 2022 after the management was forced to retreat and the police to back off. The video is outdated and unrelated to the current Middle East conflict.
An article by FRIA TIDER, was published on April 16, 2022 where they gave their views on the incident in Sweden, which translates to “The police management forbade the police to intervene against the violence”.
They also wrote “The scandalous images of how criminal immigrants publicly humiliate the police have been cabled all over the world today. Now the effort is being criticized from all sides and individual police officers are writing submissions about how they were reluctantly forced by management to back off and let the criminals take over the town.”
Nevertheless, this week sees a rally in Stockholm by pro-Palestinian protesters.
On Sunday, a group of protesters came to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, at Sergels Torg Square to voice their support for Palestine and opposition to the Israeli occupation. The protesters sent a strong message of solidarity during the social media-organized rally by waving Palestinian flags and carrying banners.
With words like “Free Palestine,” “Boycott Israel,” and “Israel is killing our children,” they expressed their profound concern for the ongoing situation in the area.
The article was published on Oct 9,2023 regarding this incident. Read here the full article here.
D-Intent Data disagrees with the claim made by the users on the social media. After proper analysis and research, we found out the truth behind this viral video.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) October 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows protestors capturing police vehicles while shouting religious slogans has been shared, claiming that pro-Hamas riots erupted in Sweden and the rioters targeted police. The fact is that this is an old video from Sweden, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/ZKdx3ZJbGt
Intent:
Old videos with exaggerated claims are being circulated by misleading information propaganda accounts in an attempt to set their propaganda over the unrest in Gaza and Israel.
Conclusion:
Claim : It has been claimed that pro-Hamas riots broke out in Sweden and that the rioters targeted police in a video that shows protestors seizing police vehicles while yelling religious slogans.
Fact : The fact is that it is an old video from Sweden and has nothing to do with Israel- Palestine conflict.
