“The ‘BBC’ news telecast video reporting the communal violence in Tripura”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Nov 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post shows an old ‘BBC’ news report related to the Delhi riots in 2020. This video shows Delhi police lathi-charge on anti-CAA protestors. This video has nothing to do with the recent Tripura communal violence
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 November 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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