“Several pictures allegedly showing Indian airstrike in Pakistan as revenge for the Pulwama attack are being widely shared on social media. However, these pictures have no connection with the air strike.”
Social media posts
India. Claim dated 26 Feb 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisOld photos, false claims
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 February 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 February 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “Old photos, false claims”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2038072856291591&set=gm.375406749754929&type=3&th…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=730405880693669&set=g.215598672332111&type=1&thea…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2051051408342860&set=g.396008090807714&type=1&the…
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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