“Several pictures are going viral on social media with the claims that they depict the massive destruction by Indian airstrike in Pakistan after the Pulwama attack However, the shared viral pictures are old and have no connection with either the Pulwama attack or the airstrike in Pakistan.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Feb 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisOld photos, fake claims
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 February 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 February 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “Old photos, fake claims”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=145381149818147&set=g.817968755027632&type=1&thea…
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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