Nick Shirley was chased by a man with a knife and pelted with rocks and bottles while reporting in Ceuta, Spain.
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
Multiple outlets report that Nick Shirley was chased by a man with a knife and hit with bottles and rocks while filming in Ceuta, Spain, and that Spanish police escorted him back to his car.
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… What they could have done? They got more money than Nick Shirley. Why didn't why isn't The New York Times doing this report? And he literally risked his life to tell you, to report on the ground, from this from the front lines. He was chased by a guy with a knife, and you could see it on the video. The guy's got a knife, and he's chasing him, and Nick is running for his life. They threatened him. They threw rocks and bottles at him, and he was not deterred. He is just amazing. Here he is. Ah, yesterday, in the in the new the new Muslim enclave of Cueta, Spain, headed to the center of the town with the citizen vigilante, Manzio. However, within minutes, we were chased out. …
The Gerry Callahan Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. NewsNation quotes Shirley describing a man who threw a bottle and then rocks at him and his team, then pulled out a knife and threatened to stab them, before they fled.[2][3]
Supports. IBTimes reports, based on video published on social media, that Shirley and a colleague were chased by men, one appearing to brandish a knife, and were escorted by Spanish National Police.[4]
Supports. Newsweek reports that a video shows Shirley pursued by several individuals, including a man he said was carrying a knife, before Spanish police escorted him back to his vehicle.[5]
Supports. Reuters, citing Spain's Interior Ministry, reports knife attacks with minor injuries in two incidents in Ceuta during the unrest, which is consistent with the broader setting, though it does not name Shirley.[1]
Context. Mediaite reports that the knife was difficult to see in Shirley's video, and Newsweek says it could not independently verify his account.[5][6]
Context. No source contradicts the core account, and the sources that cover the incident largely echo Shirley's own description and video.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Migrants say hunger and hostility drove them back from ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Nick Shirley says he was chased by man with knife covering Ceuta migrant crisisnewsnationnow.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Nick Shirley says he was chased by man with knife covering Ceuta ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4YouTuber Escorted by Spanish Police After Knife Chase While ...ibtimes.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Nick Shirley’s Ceuta video goes viral as he alleges man threatened himnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6Nick Shirley Chased By Knife-Wielding Maniac in Spainmediaite.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7'I'm going to stab both of you!' Watch Nick Shirley get ...wnd.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news and Media Bias/Fact Check · cited for: context
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