A video is widely being shared on the internet which shows a massive landslide. It is being claimed that the video was taken in Shillong, Meghalaya.
The caption of the video read: “Shillong massive landslide caught on camera#LANDSLIDE #shillong ”
Shillong massive landslide caught on camera#LANDSLIDE #shillong pic.twitter.com/6PR7PO2ZgB
— Sohail Anwar (@Oyesunbc) May 21, 2020
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be fake.
Meghalaya Police took to Twitter and explicitly clarified, that this information is untrue and that the video is from Chiangjur and Sujanagara in Indonesia and not from Meghalaya in India.
A video clip of a Landslide which is being circulated on social media is from settlements of Chiangjur & Sukanagara in Indonesia, NOT from National Highway of Meghalaya.
We request citizens not to share or circulate the video clip with false content or caption. pic.twitter.com/evQ3UvZm0F
— Meghalaya Police (@MeghalayaPolice) May 21, 2020
We also found that the incident was reported by a local Indonesian media house on April 10, 2020. The title of the video read, ‘100-meter high cliffs in Cianjur Avalanche’. (Translated from Indonesian)
‘100 meters high cliff in Cianjur, West Java landslides on Thursday (09/04/2020) covering the entire road. As a result, access to dozens of subdistricts in South Cianjur was totally paralyzed,’ description read. (Translated from Indonesian)
Hence, the above information proves that the landslide took place in Indonesia, not in Shillong.
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