According to accounts linked to the far right, a video published on June 30 shows that “activists from left-wing parties” started a fire in Bobigny, a town located north of Paris, in reaction to the arrival at the head of the National rally in the 1st round of the legislative elections. The fire actually broke out before the publication of the election results, indicates the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture.
Verification in brief
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According to a video broadcast on June 30, left-wing party activists caused a fire in Bobigny in reaction to the results of the legislative elections which placed the National Rally in the lead in the first round.
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The Seine-Saint-Denis Prefecture has formally denied any link to the legislative elections for this fire, as the fire broke out before the publication of the legislative election results.
The verification in detail
A riot in response to the unprecedented score of the extreme right in France? According to publications relaying a video viewed more than 125,000 times on X since June 30 and also shared on Facebook and Threads, activists from “left-wing parties” are said to have caused a fire in Bobigny in Seine-Saint-Denis, a town located northeast of Paris. According to one Internet user, this was a reaction to the rejection of the results of the legislative elections published the same day, which placed the National Rally in the lead in the first round.
The denial of the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis
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