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Vedika BAHL

False video claims jet ski tourists 'taunted' Algerian coastguards before being killed

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A viral video circulating on both French and Arabic social media claims to show that the two men on jet skis who strayed into Algerian waters from Morocco "provoked" and "taunted" the coastguards moments before being shot dead. However, our team's fact-checking confirms that this video dates back over a month, and shows a chase between Spanish people smugglers and the Moroccan authorities in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in Morocco. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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