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No, this video does not show piles of cash seized at a Pakistani politician’s house

AFP Pakistan Published on Tuesday 19 March 2019 at 05:40
A video has been viewed more than a million times in multiple online posts that claim it shows a large stash of money seized at a Pakistani politician's house. The claim is false; the video shows an art installation that was displayed in Madrid in February 2018. The video has also surfaced in other countries alongside similar claims that the money belongs to local politicians.
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No, this video does not show police shooting dead a man accused of killing worshippers at mosques in New Zealand

Rachel Blundy Published on Monday 18 March 2019 at 09:10
A video showing police shooting a man was posted multiple times on Facebook shortly after a gunman killed 50 worshippers in mosques in New Zealand. The captions alongside the video state: “the person who martyred 50 Muslims in New Zealand died a dog’s death at the hands of a policeman”. But the footage shows American police shooting a man in Florida in 2018, and the alleged gunman in the New Zealand shootings was not killed.
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