A local representative of an area shown in a video played at the White House said she was "sad" that U.S. President Donald Trump used the footage of hundreds of white crosses as false evidence of mass killings of white South African farmers.

The footage shows a mass burial in Goma, Congo, and was filmed by Reuters video journalist Djaffar Al Katanty, who said seeing Trump holding the article with the screengrab of his video was a shock.

South Africa's latest crime statistics debunk claims that a genocide is being committed against white people, the country's police minister has said. The widely discredited allegation was amplified by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday,