“Video of Indian Army's attack on China as a retaliation for their attack on Indian soldiers in the Galwan valley”
Social media posts
Claim dated 18 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is an old one. It is not related to the recent India-China border clash in the Galwan valley. The video shows a firepower display by the Indian army during a military exercise (‘Exercise TOPCHI’) at School of Artillery (Deolali) in January 2020.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 June 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttp://archive.fo/ZG1dq
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