{"id":42159,"date":"2019-07-25T18:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T12:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=42159"},"modified":"2019-07-26T20:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:35:46","slug":"old-video-of-kuwait-protest-viral-as-deadly-explosion-in-halal-disco-in-jeddah-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-kuwait-protest-viral-as-deadly-explosion-in-halal-disco-in-jeddah-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of Kuwait protest viral as deadly explosion in Halal Disco in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani-Canadian author Tarek Fatah shared a video on Twitter claiming that it depicts explosions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Halal nightclub. <em>&#8220;Explosion last night at the Halal Disco in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Many deaths and many injuries feared. Total ban on media coverage,&#8221; <\/em>read his tweet (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/gEfo5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>). In the video, several people, including a child, can be seen running amidst heavy smoke while someone makes an Arabic commentary in the background.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42270 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/tarek-fatah.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/tarek-fatah.png 460w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/tarek-fatah-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It has been shared by many Facebook users.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hammad.r.mian\/videos\/2484823824893972\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/hammad.r.mian\/videos\/2484823824893972\/\"><p>Explosion last night at the Halal Disco in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Many deaths and many injuries.<br \/>\nTotal ban on media to share it !!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hammad.r.mian\">Hammad Raza Mian<\/a> on Tuesday, 23 July 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In fact, the video has been floating on Facebook since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=explosion%20halal%20disco%20in%20jeddah%20saudi%20arabia&amp;epa=SEARCH_BOX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42161 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download.png 804w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-768x709.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It has also been massively shared using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87%D9%89%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%20%22%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%22%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1%20%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1%20%D8%B9%D9%86%20%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arabic caption<\/a> propagating the same narrative.<em> &#8220;\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0647\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644\u064a &#8220;\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0627\u0644&#8221; \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u064a\u0646\u0641\u062c\u0631 \u0648\u0623\u0646\u0628\u0627\u0621 \u0639\u0646 \u0648\u0641\u0627\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0631\u0627\u062a (Halal nightclub in Saudi Arabia explodes and reports of dozens of deaths.)&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>reads the caption.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42164 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-1-2.png 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-1-2-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-1-2-768x702.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-1-2-459x420.png 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>5-year-old video of Kuwait protest<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found that the video was uploaded by an Arabic media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/alziadiq8.com\/82723.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Alziadiq8<\/em><\/a> on July 6, 2014, which described it as protests in Kuwait. This video was identical to the one floating on social media with the exception that it did not carry an Arabic commentary which can be heard in the viral video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0637\u0641\u0644 \u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a\u064a \u064a\u062d\u0627\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0631\u0628 \u0645\u0646 \u0642\u0646\u0627\u0628\u0644 \u063a\u0627\u0632\u064a\u0629 \u0631\u0645\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0635\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0633\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0643\u0631\u0627\u0645\u0629 \u0648\u0637\u0646 8 | \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a 6-7-2014\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u7UQK1vXngQ?start=23&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The July 2014 protests in Kuwait was covered by international media. A report by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2014\/07\/kuwaiti-police-fire-tear-gas-at-protesters-20147623952933363.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Jazeera<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>said that on July 6 more than 2,000 people marched from Kuwait City&#8217;s Grand Mosque after evening Ramzan prayers and into the old market to protest the arrest of opposition leader, Musallam al-Barrak. The protesters also demanded the expulsion of corrupt judges. The police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42166 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2.png 856w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2-768x751.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The protest was also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/kuwait-police-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-584422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tarek Fatah and several social media users shared a five-year-old protest video from Kuwait as an explosion in Halal nightclub in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani-Canadian author Tarek Fatah shared a video on Twitter claiming that it depicts explosions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Halal nightclub. &#8220;Explosion last night at the Halal Disco in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Many deaths and many injuries feared. Total ban on media coverage,&#8221; read his tweet (archive). 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