WHAT WAS CLAIMED
A video shows Morocco fans rioting in Paris.
OUR VERDICT
False. The video shows unrest in Paris following a 2022 shooting.
AAP FACTCHECK - A video of a violent protest in Paris is being mislabelled online as Morocco fans reacting to France eliminating their team from the World Cup.
The clip is actually from 2022 and shows damage caused during protests following the racially motivated killing of three Kurdish residents in Paris.
The claim appears in a Facebook post from an Australian-based user after France's 2-0 quarter-final win over Morocco on July 9 (July 10 AEST).
"Muslims burn down Paris because the Moroccan, North African football team lost a football game," the caption reads.
However, a Google reverse image search reveals the video is unrelated to the World Cup.
Instead, it shows unrest in the French capital after a deadly shooting on December 23, 2022, which authorities said targeted the Kurdish community, PBS reported.
The 69-year-old suspect reportedly described himself as a racist and was transferred to a psychiatric facility, the BBC reported.
The video of the Paris unrest was first shared on X on December 25, 2022, by French journalist Remy Buisine.
"Chaos in the centre of Paris, vehicles overturned and set on fire. Clashes ongoing," Mr Buisine said in the X post.
The Facebook video then cuts to a clip of people smashing a bush shelter (timestamp 18 seconds); however, this is from the same 2022 demonstration.
Turkish media outlet GDH shared the clip on X on December 24, 2022.
Another Turkish publication, Yeni Safak, also included the clip in a report on the 2022 unrest.
Protesters took to the streets partially in response to a decision from authorities not to declare the shooting a terrorist attack, Euronews reported.
There were no reports of widespread damage or violent riots in Paris following the France-Morocco World Cup match on July 9.
Post-match celebrations in the city were largely peaceful, but there were 10 arrests, French newspaper Le Parisien reported.
However, unrest involving Moroccan fans was reported in London and the Netherlands following the quarter-final.
The same clip has been falsely captioned as showing recent unrest in Paris multiple times previously and has been debunked by AFP and Euronews.
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