“Photo of an injured Indian army soldier”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Man in the photo is Russian Special forces officer Maxim Razumovsky, not the Indin soldier. In 2004, Maxim Razumovsky died while rescuing school children from a terrorist seized school in Beslan. This photo was shot during that rescue operation
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 November 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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