A video showing a young girl with visible serious injury marks has been shared, with claims suggesting she was the victim of an attack by extremists in a religious hate crime in Nigeria. However, these allegations are false. The incident in question is not recent; it occurred in May 2023, and both the accused woman and the injured girl are from the same community. The attack had no religious or sectarian motive, and there is no connection to the claim that the victim is a Christian girl.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) propagandist account @ajaychauhan41 wrote. “Massacre of Christians by Islamic extremists continues in Nigeria – Extremists stabbed a girl and left her to die in agony but thankfully she did not give up until help arrived. Her parents were murdered in front of her eyes”.
Several other users and Influencers have also disseminated the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @Satyakam01, @anoopverma1617.
The truth about the video from Nigeria, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the sensitive video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the incident. And found that the incident was not related to religious hate crimes.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a relevant keyword search and found media reports regarding the incident. According to the media reports (1, 2), a woman in Kano State was arrested after attempting to kill an 8-year-old girl in order to prevent her husband from marrying a second wife. The Nigeria Police in Kano State, located in the northwest of the country. Arrested 35-year-old Fatima Salisu for the attempted murder of Sharifa Usman in the Kumbotso Local Government Area.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the accused and victim both belonged to the same community. It was not related to religious hate crimes.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video depicting a young girl with injury marks has been shared claiming that she was attacked by extremists in a religious hate crime in Nigeria. Fact is that the incident is old & the accused and the victim belonged to the same community.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/87CIqfcYH2
Intent
Influencers and propagandists are circulating old videos from Nigeria with misleading claims to set their narrative based on religion.
Conclusion
Claim – Extremists in Nigeria attacked a young Christian girl.
Fact – The accused and victim both belonged to the same community. The incident was old and unrelated to religious hate crimes.
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