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“Video of an Indian Muslim citizen openly threatening to kill an officer while admitting the act of electricity theft”
Social media posts Claim dated 2 Aug 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The video shared in the post shows a Pakistani citizen threatening an electricity officer while confessing to stealing electricity. This incident took place in Karachi, in July 2020. The video shared in the post is old and from Pakistan

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 2 August 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 August 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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