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Was a Woman in Japan Injured by a Muslim Arab?
A video showing a woman beaten up by a man on a road is going viral on social media platform X(Twitter). Users on X(Twitter) are sharing this video & claiming that a Muslim Arab from France beat up Japanese women.
Sharing this video on X(Twitter), a user named @ExcclesiaLatin wrote: “Muslim Arab from France beats up Japanese women”
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Furthermore, another user by the name of Harish Mali also shared this video on X(Twitter) and made a similar claim.
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Fact-Check
The DFRAC team investigated the above viral video. Meanwhile, we found some media reports from the year 2023 in the context of the viral video.
A media report by Next Shark dated April 23, 2023, stated: “Charlie Evan, a 23-year-old French national, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of punching a woman in the face and leaving her injured on the streets of Tokyo’s Minato ward. According to local reports, Evan and his group of friends collided with a woman in her 20s, causing her to drop her lunch box and leading them to fight”.
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Moreover, another media report by Tokyo Reporter also cited similar facts regarding the above viral video.
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Conclusion
It is evident from DFRAC’s fact-check that the attacker’s name is Charlie Evan who is a French national. However, there was no mention of a Muslim Arab in media reports.
Analysis: Misleading