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The video is from 2022, when riots erupted in Sweden's Rinkeby and Orebro over a Quran-burning incident.
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India Today Fact Check
The viral video has nothing to do with the Israel-Hamas conflict. The video is from 2022, when riots erupted in Sweden's Rinkeby and Orebro over a Quran-burning incident.
Demonstrations and protest rallies in support of both Israel and Palestine have erupted in various parts of the world. Now, a video allegedly showing a riot in Sweden is being widely shared. The video shows a crowd engaged in a protest surrounding a police vehicle. Some climbed onto a police car. Chants of "Allahu Akbar" could also be heard.
A Twitter user shared the video and wrote, "Following the war in Gaza, Muslims rioted in Sweden today and attacked a police car and raised slogans 'Allahu Akbar." Several other tweets making similar claims can be seen here, here, and here.
India Today Fact Check found the video is from 2022, when riots erupted in Sweden's Rinkeby and Orebro over a Quran-burning incident.
Our Probe
A reverse search of keyframes from the viral video led to a tweet from April 17, 2022, containing the same video. The tweet in Russian said that Muslims staged protests in Sweden over a Quran-burning incident during Ramadan.
A keyword search on the internet led us to a report published by the Swedish news outlet Nyheteridag on April 18, 2022, containing the same video. Per the report, riots erupted in Sweden's Rinkeby and Orebro and police officers were seriously injured.
Quoting a police officer named Jonas Packalen, the report stated that even children and elderly women attacked the police. Packalen also shared similar images of riots on his Facebook account at that time.
According to a BBC report from April 18, 2022, the violence was sparked by a series of rallies organised by the Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan over the burning of a copy of the Quran. The Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby and the western city of Orebro witnessed riots. Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq condemned the burning of the holy book.
Al Jazeera and Reuters also reported the same.
Thus, it is safe to conclude that the viral video has no link with the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
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