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“The explosion in the Port of Beirut in Lebanon on Aug. 4 was a terrorist attack.”
Robin Padilla Actor. Claim dated 5 Aug 2020.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading

What Vera Files found

Authorities have yet to establish what exactly caused the explosion of at least 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrates stored in the Port of Beirut.

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In short

Robin Padilla (Actor) made this claim around 5 August 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 17 August 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.

Robin Padilla has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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