“Photo of a young student who was brutally beaten for celebrating the Pakistan cricket team’s victory on 24 October 2021 in the T20 world cup”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Oct 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post is an old one. This photo was published by a Facebook user named Rahul Kumar on 15 February 2016. Sharing a group of similar photos, this Facebook user mentioned that he was injured in an accident
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 October 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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