Some have circulated a disturbing video purporting to show the woman pushing a small child onto a railway track. The child was allegedly pushed onto the tracks by a Muslim immigrant living in Europe.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Izlamic Terrorist (“@raviagrawal3“) shared the video of the incident in a twitter post and claimed that a Muslim immigrant woman in Europe pushed the child onto the railway track. The tweet was made on Jan 19, 2024, which has received an about 61.2k views on X. The archive can be read from above.
🚨 Europe 🚨 Shocking😱
— Izlamic Terrorist (@raviagrawal3) January 19, 2024
A small child was pushed onto the railway tracks by a Muslim immigrant. pic.twitter.com/eaTcoAcMGa
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
These claims are unfounded and fraudulent, that much is true. This US footage from December 2022, shows “Brianna Lace Workman,” an Oregon woman, pushing the young child onto the Gateway Transit Centre MAX platform tracks in Northeast Portland without any kind of provocation.
We visited Fox News, which published an article on this incident on December 30, 2022 with the headline “Oregon woman held without bail after video shows her allegedly pushing 3-year-old onto train tracks”. The article clarifies that the 32- year old Brianna Lace Workman pushed the child onto the tracks of the Gateway Transit Centre MAX platform in the Northeast Portland without “provocation”.
Check out the full Youtube Video:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) January 19, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A disturbing video that shows a woman pushing a child onto a railway track has been shared, claiming that a small child was pushed onto the railway tracks by a Muslim immigrant in Europe. The fact is that these claims are fake and baseless. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/tj5YWwGkGb
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating old videos from US with false claims to target a particular community. A disturbing video that shows a woman pushing a child onto a railway track has been shared, claiming that a small child was pushed onto the railway tracks by a Muslim immigrant in Europe. The truth is that these assertions are unfounded and fraudulent. In this video from the US, “Brianna Lace Workman” (an Oregonian woman) is seen pushing the child, without provocation, onto the tracks of the Gateway Transit Centre MAX platform in Northeast Portland. The video is from December 2022.
Conclusion:
Claim : A disturbing video has surfaced online showing a woman pushing a young child onto a train track. The video purports to show a Muslim immigrant in Europe pushing a small child onto the tracks.
Fact : The claims made on the social media about this incident is absolutely fake. This video, which was captured in the US, shows a woman named Brianna Lace Workman of Oregon pushing the child, without provocation, onto the tracks of the Gateway Transit Centre MAX platform in Northeast Portland in December 2022.
