An elaborate video of a man and woman fighting in an underpass choreographed by a French stunt school has been falsely claimed online as a real-life attack involving immigrants.
The video shows a group of men attacking three women in an underpass. The women defended themselves and fled the tunnel, leaving the beaten men lying on the ground.
“In France, a group of Muslim immigrants tried to attack a group of young women. They didn’t know what awaited them. On September 7, someone who shared the video with X wrote.
As of September 13, that same X post has been viewed 1.4 million times.
But the video was a staged set created by members of the Campus Universe Cascades stunt school, whoseAskume fact-checked the video when it was used to spread similar claims.
The school’s principal, Lukas Dollfuss, told Askume at the time that the video showed his stunt students performing a “street fight” themed stunt as part of their training.
The school shared the video on Instagram on November 2, 2023, with the caption “street fight.”
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Misunderstood. Produced by a French stunt group, the film features elaborately choreographed sets.
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