Mexico Video Shared as Baghdad Woman Smashing Cars’ Windows
Spanish-speaking Mexican websites shared the video (Facebook).
The Claim
An Iraqi woman is smashing cars’ windows in the streets of Baghdad.
News posted on
Emerging story
Social media accounts have recently shared a video clip claiming it showed an Iraqi woman smashing cars’ windows in Baghdad’s streets.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar’s team has investigated the circulated video and found that it was misleading. The video clip was not taken in Baghdad; rather, Mexican websites have shared the video clip on Dec. 10, indicating that it showed a Mexican woman with “mental problems” throwing glass bottles on cars in Mexico’s city of Tepic.
Translated by Ahmed N. A. Almassri
Misbar’s Classification
Misleading
