Old video from Austria shared linking to protests over Magdeburg Christmas market attack in Germany

This is an old video from Austria, it has no link to protests over the recent Magdeburg Christmas market attack.

Five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed when a man drove a car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on 20 December, 2024. More than 200 people were injured in the attack including about 40 people who sustained serious or critical injuries. As per reports, the accused has been identified as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006.

Against this backdrop, a video of a street protest is going viral on social media with the claim such as, “Austrian protests erupt in response to Magdeburg events! Demonstrators demand remigration of foreigners, chanting slogans like ‘remigration’ and expressing a desire to restore safety and cleanliness”.

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Fact Check- 

We started our investigation with a reverse image search on Google and the results led us to the same video uploaded on Twitter by AF post on 20 July, 2024. The caption states, “Remigration rally in Vienna today.”

Using this hint, we looked further and found a news report regarding this event. 

a report by Associated Press published on Voice of America on 21 July, 2024, detailing a march by “hundreds of right-wing extremists in the Austrian capital.” It also featured an image of a protest similar to the one seen in the viral video with the caption, “Participants of the Identitarian movement take part in a demonstration in Vienna, Austria, July 20, 2024.”

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A July 2024 report from Austria-based Heute confirms this, detailing two opposing demonstrations held in Vienna’s city center that day. The report features an image of participants holding the same banner seen in the viral video.

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So, we can understand that this video does not show protests in Austria sparked by the Magdeburg Christmas market attack. The footage, captured in July 2024, depicts a far-right rally in Vienna 

Conclusion- 

Fact crescendo found the claim made along with the viral image to be Misleading. This is an old video from Austria, it has no link to protests over the recent Magdeburg Christmas market attack.