“Video of Indian aircraft ‘HAL Rudra’ shot down by Nepali forces”
Social media posts
Claim dated 3 Jul 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Video shared in the post is an old one, and not related to both India and Nepal. In the year 2012, A Syrian Army Helicopter was shot down by rebel forces ‘Free Syrian Army’ in the Syrian province of Idlib. Visuals seen in the video were related to that incident
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 July 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/MAsifDammar/videos/vb.100004375241600/1764345913721233/?type=2&v…
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