As India marked the first anniversary of the deadly Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF jawans were martyred, a video has surfaced on the internet which claims to be the CCTV recording of the attack which took place on February 14th, 2019.
RIP: We remember always 14 Feb #PulwamaAttack #NationSalutesCRPF
RIP: We remember always 14 Feb #PulwamaAttack #NationSalutesCRPF pic.twitter.com/0ICJ8VET9W
— Fayaz (@Faiyaz_kashmiri) February 12, 2020
FACT CHECK
On Fact-Checking the viral video, we found that the CCTV footage was NOT from the Pulwama attack.
When NewsMobile put the video frame through Reverse Image Search, we found that originally the video was posted on March 5, 2008. As per the time counter on the video, it shows that the video was shot on 9/2/2007 (September 2, 2007) 3:54:52 PM.
On digging further we found that the video was from Baghdad where a ‘vehicle-borne improvised explosive device’ (VBIED) was detonated outside Camp Taji.
Hence, the video is not from the Pulwama attack.
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