No, This Video Doesn’t Show People Clashing With Police on Streets in Nepal

The viral claim is false. We found that the video dates back to August and is from Indonesia.

Fact-Check | The video is unrelated to the recent protest in Nepal.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of people clashing with police on the streets is being shared on the internet with users linking it to the recent protests in Nepal that led to the collapse of the ruling government.

The clip was shared with a caption that loosely translated to, "During the protest in Nepal, the army had to defend itself like this, but still the protesters kept attacking!."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

(More archives of similar claims could be accessed here, here, and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the video dates back to August of this year and is unrelated to the recent protests in Nepal. It actually shows protesters clashing with the police in Indonesia.

Hints in the viral video: We noticed that the shield being carried by the police personnel said "Polisi", which pointed us towards the possibility of the video not being from Nepal.

The shield carried the word "Polisi".

(Source: Viral video/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

Finding similar visuals: On conducting a Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral video, we found similar visuals posted on a Facebook handle named 'Nigerian Military Gallery'.

• It was shared on 2 September with a caption that said, "Indonesia is currently experiencing widespread protests and unrest, sparked by a proposed housing allowance for parliament members and fueled by growing public dissatisfaction with the government..."

Other sources: Another round of reverse image search directed us to the longer version of the viral clip published on an unverified YouTube handle called 'RAKYAT BERSATU' on 30 August.

How did we geolocate the place?: Next, we found a set of photos from the protest shared on an Instagram handle on 29 August. The caption included hashtags such as "#dprdsumut" "#medan".

The post was shared on 29 August.

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)

• We then searched for "DPRD" combining it with Medan and Indonesia on Google Maps.

• This directed us to a location that seemed similar to the background and setting seen in the viral video.

Comparing visuals: Team WebQoof compared keyframes from the viral video to the visuals available on Google Maps and found that both of them showed the same location.

A comparison clearly highlights the similarities.

(Photo: Google Maps/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: It is evident that the video is unrelated to the recent protests in Nepal.

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