“Images showing three Muslims killed in Bengaluru police firing when they were protesting Nupur Sharma’s statements on Prophet Muhammad”
What FACTLY found
The images are from a 2020 incident in Bengaluru; and not a recent one. In August 2020, a large Muslim crowd protested an alleged blasphemous Facebook post insulting Prophet Muhammad made by a local politician in Bengaluru. As the mob set fire to vehicles and attacked policemen, the police fired on the crowds; hence killing three and injuring several others. There are no recent reports of police firing in Bengaluru when during protests against Nupur Sharma’s statements
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 June 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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