On Tuesday, a video of a train explosion was shared in several Indian accounts posts on social media platform X, claiming that it had shown an attack on a Jaffar Express train, which was the Processed Balochistan Liberation Army on the same day near Bolan district. However, the footage sharing is in the date before April 2022 and is fully irrelevant to the current attack.
A day ago, the terrorists attacked the Jaffar Express train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar and took about 400 passengers hostage, including about 200 security personnel.
The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming the lives of at least 10 people, including the train driver.
On the other hand, security forces confirmed that they had launched an operation in the Dhdar area of Bolan Pass to save the hostages, killing at least 16 attackers.
On the same day, an account on X, which is an Indian account based on the updates of shared news on their feed, posted Video The train attacked and exploded near a mountainous area.
“The train hijack in Pakistan, after the IED blast by Baloch rebels, was hijacked from Quetta to Peshawar. After the occupation of Jaffar Express, BLA fighters have taken 182 hostages. Eleven Pakistani soldiers have been killed.
The video, which includes the BLA logo in the upper right corner, received more than 654,000 views and was shared 2,100 times.
One more Indian userWho work as a sub -editor of the right -wing Indian media outlet according to their bio Opena Which is known for spreading false information, shared the video with bullet points that describes the incident.
The user added the hashtags of “Balochistan”, “Train Hijack” and “Jaffar Express” in the post, which received more than 100,000 opinions.
The same video and claims were widely shared by several other Indian accounts as it could be seen HereFor, for, for,. HereFor, for, for,. HereFor, for, for,. Here And HereGet more than 137,000 views.
In addition, Chinese posts also reported the attack and used visuals from the video as it could be seen HereFor, for, for,. Here And Here.
A facts were checked to determine the authenticity of this claim due to the attack details and visuals, due to its high viral, significant public interest and concern, and the manner in which the video was being shared by Indian accounts is proposed online.
According to media reports, an immediate visual analysis of the video highlights a realistic contradiction as it has shown the explosion in an open environment while the Jaffar Express train was attacked near a tunnel.
A reverse image search obtained the same video in an x PostApril 15, 2022. The post also mentions BLA, which attacked security personnel, as stated in the title, “The BLA has apparently attacked the train carrying Pakistani soldiers.”
For more posts from this timeframe, search for more keywords recovered another x post From the same date, with the same video stated: “Bill has released footage of an IED attack on a train carrying a Frontier Corps near Balochistan’s Sabbi.”
Details of the alleged incident cannot be confirmed and news about the attack will not be reported in search of key words.
However, the dates of the X -posts since 2022 have confirmed that the footage is old and is fully associated with the Jaffar Express attack.
Therefore, the facts examination has determined that a video claims that a BLA attack on the Jaffar Express train in Balochistan has been revealed. A false. The footage was shared online by at least April 2022 and thus is fully irrelevant to the Jaffar Express train attack.
It was actually examining the fact Appeared A project of Pakistan – CEJ and UNDP.
