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Police in India said a burqa-clad man was arrested for 'harassing women', but denied he was caught waving a Pakistani flag

Published on 2 July 2020 at 07:20

A purported news article has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook which claim it shows a man who was caught wearing a burqa in India while waving the Pakistani flag to incite communal violence. The claim is misleading; police in the city of Vijayapura said a man was arrested over allegations he harassed women while wearing a burqa, but said he was not accused of waving a Pakistani flag; local media reports about the incident also contained no reference to an allegation that the man was inciting communal violence.

This clip has circulated online since at least March 2019 about Indian soldiers in Kashmir

Published on 30 June 2020 at 10:40

A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter alongside a claim it shows Indian army soldiers crying after being “beaten” in deadly clashes with Chinese troops in June 2020. The claim is false; this clip has circulated online since March 2019 in reports about clashes between Indian soldiers and armed militants in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The placards in these images have been doctored to include pro-China messages

Published on 30 June 2020 at 09:15Updated on 30 June 2020 at 09:19

Two images have been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts which claim they show leaders of an Indian communist organisation showing support for China and "insulting" the Indian army. The posts circulated following a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in June 2020. The claim is false; the placards in the images have been doctored to include pro-China messages; the original photos show the politicians holding placards that call for domestic policy changes.

This photo has circulated in reports since 2015 about a Boko Haram attack on Nigerian soldiers

Published on 30 June 2020 at 05:55

A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts which claim it shows the bodies of Indian soldiers killed during clashes with Chinese soldiers. The posts circulated within days of a deadly clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers on the border of the two countries in June 2020. The claim is false; this photo has circulated in news reports since at least November 2015 about an attack on Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram jihadists.

This photo has been doctored to show Narendra Modi bowing to Xi Jinping

Published on 30 June 2020 at 04:00

A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts which claim it shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The posts were shared after a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in mid-June 2020. The claim is false; the photo has been doctored from an earlier image which does not show Modi bowing to Xi.

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