A woman deliberately burned in the face during a high school demonstration in Marseille

It's a video that's circulating on social media. We see a woman who is burned by the flames of a homemade blowtorch. The face is deliberately aimed. This video was filmed in Marseille on October 1, in the 7th arrondissement, in the middle of a high school student demonstration.

A short video shows a shocking scene in the street in Marseille, a woman deliberately burned in the face by a man dressed in black, alongside young demonstrators in front of passers-by shocked by the violence of the gesture. The attacker leaves quietly. ICI Provence-Alpes TV wanted to verify the origin of the video. Was it filmed in Marseille on October 1, 2026?

The place is in Marseille

The video was filmed in a street in Marseille (Avenue de la Corse) which is easily recognizable when the shot widens. We are at the Place du 4 September bus stop, in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille.

The service specializing in the authentication of videos on Social Networks at France Télévision confirms the GPS point and affirms that this video did not exist before its first publication on October 1 at 8:22 p.m.

It cannot therefore be a fake news video showing an event that happened elsewhere, on another date.

Contacted by ICI Provence-Alpes TV, the Marseille prosecutor's office confirms that the national police in Marseille are investigating this attack.

What we see on the video, a chilling scene

The video is 13 seconds long. The person who posted it calls for witnesses and recounts the scene. “Around 10 a.m., we were waiting for the bus when suddenly [among the high school students] some took the iron barrier to break.” In fact, we can clearly see people grabbing a yellow barrier, placed just behind the glass stop.

“My friend wanted to stop the blockers and speak with them. She was brutally attacked,” continues the person who writes in this publication, in sometimes more hesitant words.

One of them burned the left side of his face by spraying him with a spray and a lighter.

Witness who tells about the publication

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Indeed, this chilling scene happens in a few seconds. The man brandishing the aerosol is calm, all in black, unidentifiable. The gesture is sure, almost professional. We see him leave calmly.

“Fortunately no serious burns,” specifies the author of the post who is therefore looking for witnesses to the scene and particularly the passers-by who intervened.

Reactions to these images

Several far-right and nationalist accounts took advantage of the video to circulate and comment on it. It quickly went viral during this Friday, October 2. The person who posts and testifies also challenged FrDesouche as soon as it was published.

“Like millions of French people, I am outraged and revolted by these images. In Marseille as elsewhere, those responsible will have to pay, be severely punished and their parents with them” reacts Franck Allisio, the RN deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône.

For her part, the mayor of the district, elected from the left, also reacts on