“The video shows the 2025 bus crash near Madinah, Saudi Arabia, in which Indian Umrah pilgrims lost their lives.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Nov 2025.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The video does not show the recent Madinah bus accident. It is from a 2017 incident in which a 32-tonne fuel tanker overturned and caught fire on the Aqaba Shabar Road near the ninth tunnel on the Shaar mountain pass linking Abha, killing the driver.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 November 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 November 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/811813308338352
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.