Truth or Fake - ‘I’m alive’: Paris street medic isn’t dead, despite viral claims he was killed by police
- A video showing French riot police violently beating a 26-year-old street medic in Paris has gone viral, with social media users falsely claiming he died from his injuries.
- But the street medic is alive, and spoke to FRANCE 24.
- The rumour was fuelled by confusion with a separate incident that same day: a man died of cardiac arrest in the same area, causing online users to conflate the two events.
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- A video showing French riot police violently beating a 26-year-old street medic in Paris has gone viral, with social media users falsely claiming he died from his injuries.
- But the street medic is alive, and spoke to FRANCE 24.
- The rumour was fuelled by confusion with a separate incident that same day: a man died of cardiac arrest in the same area, causing online users to conflate the two events.
Sources: France 24