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“Recent video of two men brandishing guns and threatening people during the Kanpur violence”
Social media posts Claim dated 12 Jun 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

he video shared in the post shows an old incident that took place at Dhaura Tanda town in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. This video was shot on 09 May 2021, during a brawl that took place between two parties of the same community over purchase of meat. The video is old and has nothing to do with the recent Kanpur violence

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 12 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 June 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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