“Recent video showing people in Srinagar celebrating after Pakistan’s victory against India in the Asia Cup 2022”
What FACTLY found
everal local Jammu & Kashmir news websites published the same video in August 2020 and reported it as the visuals of Pakistan Independence Day celebrations at the Nawakadal Chowk in Srinagar. Srinagar Police through a tweet clarified that the video is old and is not related to the recent India-Pakistan match held on 04 September 2022
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 September 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 September 2022. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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