“A video is going viral on social media with claims that Islamists have set a church on fire in Pakistan in response to the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand last Friday. But we found the claims of church set on fire in Pakistan to be false.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 March 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.