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NewtralCrime & justice

Vídeo de unos hombres asaltando un comercio en Ceuta

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The review examines a security-camera video circulated with a caption claiming that men were attacking a business in Ceuta and were migrants who had crossed the border fence. It says the clip was an older hoax that resurfaced in Spain in 2019, and that the real assault took place in South Africa in November 2015. The review reports that the Ceuta National Police delegation denied the event had occurred in the city. To establish the footage’s origin, the review says the date and time visible in the video read 11 December 2015 at about 3:06 p.m. It also describes a reverse-image search: the earliest video the investigators located online was posted on 13 December 2015, with a description identifying a café at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa. The review connects the footage to student protests at that university. The account cited by the review, South African outlet IOL News, described students vandalizing a campus café during protests over students’ university debts and access to examination results. The review says the incidents led to academic activities being suspended and students being evacuated from TUT’s two Pretoria campuses. This evidence supports the conclusion that the video showed student protest-related vandalism in South Africa, not an assault in Ceuta by the people described in the circulating caption.

YouturnCrime & justice

யார் யார் வீட்டில் குழந்தைகள் காணாமல் போயிருச்சு என தெரியல. ரொம்ப கொடுமையா இருக்கு. எத்தனை தாய், தகப்பன்கள் பார்த்து கண் கலங்கி இருப்பாங்கள். என்னாலையே பார்க்க முடியலை, அவ்ளோ கஷ்டமா இருக்கு. தயவு செய்து உங்கள் குழந்தைக்குகளை பாதுகாப்பா பாத்துக்கோங்க. இவ்வளவு குழந்தைகள் இறந்து போயிருக்காங்க. அவங்க கண்ணு ,காது, இதயம் என எல்லாத்தையும் எடுத்துட்டாங்க. தயவு செய்து உங்கள் குழந்தைகளை பாத்துக்கோங்க – வீடியோ

Publisher’s rating: Fake

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCrime & justice

Auf mehreren Seiten im Internet wird behauptet, in Mühldorf am Inn (Bayern) habe es eine Geiselnahme gegeben. Ein 16-jähriger Afghane sei auf eine Menschengruppe zugegangen und habe unvermittelt eine Pistole aus der Tasche gezogen. Auf der Internetseite «freiewelt.net» wird die angebliche Tat detailliert beschrieben: «Er zerrt eine Frau zu sich, der er droht, dass er sie «abknallen» werde, wenn sie nicht das mache, was er will.»

Publisher’s rating: Es gab nach Auskunft der Polizei in dem Zusammenhang zwar keine Geiselnahme, aber Ermittlungen gegen einen 16-Jährigen, der seine Bekannte bedroht haben soll.

The claim describes an incident in Mühldorf am Inn as a hostage-taking: a 16-year-old Afghan allegedly approached a group with a pistol, pulled a woman toward him and threatened to shoot her. The review says police had received a report about a young man pointing a pistol at an acquaintance, but the evidence it presents does not establish a hostage situation. It reports that the incident occurred around midday on August 20, when police were told of the alleged gun-pointing in Bahnhofstraße; an officer took the weapon from the young man at Katharinenplatz. The review identifies the weapon as a toy pistol that looked real, according to police. The account also gives relevant context missing from the dramatic online description. The head of the Mühldorf police station told dpa that the young man had handled the toy gun carelessly and had not considered how it would appear to bystanders. He explicitly confirmed that there had been no hostage-taking. The review does report further police proceedings: during a search, the 16-year-old physically resisted and insulted officers, and two police officers and the young man sustained minor injuries. The reported investigation therefore concerned alleged threats against an acquaintance and other conduct, not a verified hostage-taking.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCrime & justice

Laut einem im Internet verbreiteten Schreiben soll am Rande des Bürgerfestes in Chemnitz eine Gruppe junger Männer mit Migrationshintergrund zwei Mädchen belästigt haben. Als zwei Jugendliche als Helfer dazugekommen seien, sei es zu einer gefährlichen Körperverletzung durch Schnittwunden gekommen. Bei einer Besprechung am nächsten Morgen sollen die angeblich eingesetzten Beamten zum Stillschweigen über den Vorfall angewiesen worden sein. Das Schreiben soll von einem «Polizeioberkommissar im Polizeirevier Chemnitz Mitte» stammen.

Publisher’s rating: Die Chemnitzer Polizei widerspricht dem angeblichen Beamtenbericht. Ihr ist keine derartige Auseinandersetzung bekannt.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCrime & justice

Im Internet wird ein Video verbreitet, auf dem eine Frau von mehreren Männern angegriffen wird. Sie flüchten, als sich zwei Polizisten nähern. Im Text dazu heißt es: «Einwanderer rauben deutsche Frau aus».

Publisher’s rating: Der Überfall fand bereits 2016 in Prag statt. Täter und Opfer sind tschechische Staatsbürger.

The claim attached to the video says that immigrants robbed a German woman. The dpa review identifies the footage as a surveillance-camera recording of an incident at a police station in Prague’s Holešovice district, rather than an attack in Germany. It reports that the incident occurred in 2016 and that the people involved were Czech citizens. The review describes examining a longer version of the video, attributed to the Czech police. In that version, seven people approach the scene, including the attacker and the woman; when a man pulls her to the ground, three people in the group move away. This fuller footage provides context that is missing from the shorter circulating clip, but the excerpt does not establish that those three people were accomplices or explain why they left. The dpa also sought comment from Jan Daněk, a spokesperson for Prague police headquarters. He said the incident was not an attack by migrants, described it as drug-related, and said all the people involved were from the Czech Republic. The review adds that the principal attacker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Taken together, the reported location, video context, police statement, and case outcome contradict the caption’s portrayal of the incident as immigrants robbing a German woman.

NewtralCrime & justice

Vídeo de un joven que empuja a una señora en Santander

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The video showed a young man pushing an older passenger with a cane as she tried to sit on a bus in Santander. The investigation found that the scene was staged, not an actual incident: it was the final project of a 2018 summer workshop organized by the International Menéndez Pelayo University (UIMP). The workshop’s project page also included another recording explaining that the scene was a montage. The participants said their aim was to draw attention to older people’s rights.

YouturnCrime & justice

20 நாட்களுக்குள் பாஸ்போர்ட் சரிபார்க்காமல் இருத்தல், புகார் கொடுத்தவுடன் FIR தராமல் இருத்தல், பறிமுதல் செய்த இருசக்கர வாகனத்தை 3 நாட்களுக்குள் உரியவரிடம் தராமல் இருத்தல் போன்ற கடமையை சரிவர செய்யமல் காலம் தாழ்த்தும் போலீசார்களுக்கு ரூ.5000 அல்லது தினமும் ரூ250 அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும் என்று போலீஸ் ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் மேம்பாட்டு பணியகத்தின் கீழ் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Publisher’s rating: True