A post on Facebook falsely claims that a photo shows a riot taking place near Paris’ Eiffel Tower in recent days. But the photo was actually taken in 2016.
The photo shows people, many of them with their face covered, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower next to a burning pile of rubbish.
The post claims that this shows “riots from illegal immigrants right now in France” and says that this is proof that people in the US need guns for protection.
Riots have broken out across France after a 17-year-old boy, Nahel M, died after being shot by a police officer at a traffic stop in a Paris suburb on 27 June.
However the photo shared on social media does not show current riots— it comes from an incident in 2016 when football fans clashed with police during the
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