Video of Algerian Fans Falsely Shared as Pak PM’s Welcome in US
A video of Algerian fans celebrating a football match’s win was shared as a crowd cheering Pakistan PM Imran Khan.
CLAIM
A video tweeted by a Pakistani television personality and advocate Naeem Bokhari showed people cheering and celebrating, and the caption claimed it to be the United States during Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit.
The caption read “USA right now 😍😍😍😍 @ImranKhanPTI #PMIKInUSA”
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is on a visit to the United States, during which he will hold talks with President Donald Trump.
The video was retweeted around 2,400 times at the time this story was written, and had over 9,000 likes. It shows people cheering and celebrating.
TRUE OR FALSE?
The claim with which the video is being shared by Bokhari is false. The video, instead, is from 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals between Algeria and Senegal which was held in Egypt's Cairo International Stadium on Saturday, 20 July.
With just one look at the video, it is clear that the crowd is at a football stadium and the players are vaguely visible on the big screen in the stadium.
The same video was tweeted by an Algerian sports journalist Maher Mezahi on the day of the match. The tweet read “This is how Algerian supporters watched the match at Stade 5 Juillet today.”
Another page called GiveMeSport Football also tweeted the same video with caption “This is how Algerian fans celebrated their African Cup of Nations win last night 🔥The final was played in Cairo, Egypt. This stadium is in Algiers, Algeria. Incredible 👏 #Algeria #AFCON2019final #AFCON2019”
Multiple international reports also talked about the celebrations post the final game.
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