A video is being shared on social media claiming it shows a metropolitan police officer being set on fire by the pro-Hamas demonstrators in London, United Kingdom. The post claims that the violent Muslim mob made “Kill All Jews” and “We want Sharia law in England” slogans during this protest in support of Palestine. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: A recent video of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer on fire in the United Kingdom.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows an old incident of a protestor setting fire to a Mexican police officer during the protests over the death of a man in custody. The incident took place in June 2020 in Guadalajara city in the Jalisco state of Mexico. The video shared in the post is old and unrelated to the United Kingdom or the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a flipped version of the video was found published by The Vanguard news site on 05 June 2020. The news site published the video with the description, “A police officer is set on fire in Mexico during a protest over the death of Giovanni López.”
Reporting the complete details of the video, several news sites published articles and videos in 2020. They can be seen here, here, and here. As per the reports, a police officer was set on fire by a protestor demonstrating the death of Giovanni Lopez in police custody. The incident reportedly took place on 04 June 2020 in Guadalajara city in the Jalisco state of Mexico.
The news reports and the footage of the pro-Palestine demonstrations recently held in London can be seen here and here. But the video shared in the post is old and from Mexico. The video has nothing to do with the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Mexico is shared as the visuals of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer ablaze in the United Kingdom.
