In the wake of a week of rioting in France, sparked by the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel by a police officer, out-of-context videos across social media claim to show destruction in the southern city of Marseille. In particular, internet users claim the city's Alcazar Library was burnt by rioters, though our fact-checking showed a different location entirely. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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