Old Clip From France of Student Pointing 'Gun' at Teacher Shared as Recent

While the video is indeed from France, it dates back to 2018, and the student was holding a fake gun.

Fact-check: An old video from France showing a teenager pointing gun to a teacher is going viral on social media as recent.

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A video showing a student pointing gun at his teacher inside a classroom is going viral on social media to claim that this happened recently in France amid the ongoing protests.

What protests?: France witnessed violent clashes recently between the public and the police after the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager who was allegedly killed at the hands of the police for driving a car without a license.

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What's the truth?: The video is indeed from France, but it dates back to 2018 and is unrelated to the recent protests.

• Moreover, the 15-year-old student was pointing a fake gun at his teacher in the Parisian suburb of Creteil.

How did we find out the truth?: We divided the video into multiple keyframes and performed a reverse image search with some relevant keywords.

• This led us to a reports from 22 October 2018 carrying this same video.

• The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report stated that a French teenager was charged with aggravated violence after this video showed him pointing a fake gun at his teacher at the Edouard-Branly High School in the Parisian suburb of Creteil.

• It added that the 15-year-old said his actions were "a joke", however, the teacher registered a complaint to the police.

• It also stated that later, the student turned himself into police, accompanied by his father.

• The same details were also reported by DW, Time Magazine, France 24 and The Sun.

Screenshot of an article shared by AFP and France 24.

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• The reports also included a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the incident "unacceptable" and ordered his ministers to take "all necessary measures" to prevent similar incidents.

Conclusion: An old video from France showing a teenager pointing a fake gun at a teacher is going viral on social media as recent.

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