A sensitive video showing a street crowded with people, some of whom appear to be throwing objects at someone or a group outside the frame, has been circulating. The video falsely claims to show an Indian Army soldier shooting a boy in Jammu and Kashmir for throwing a stone. However, this claim is entirely false. The video originates from Bolivia, where a protester was injured in a homemade dynamite explosion in August 2022. The video has been shared out of context to spread misinformation about the Indian Army and J&K.”
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter)a user @rashtrawadi_ak wrote. In J&K, a boy threw a stone at an army soldier, and the soldier immediately shot him. This system should have been in place from the beginning.
Another account @Esecular2 on X wrote, ‘A stone pelter threw stones at the soldiers, the soldier immediately shot him! This is today’s government.
The truth about the viral video from Jammu and Kashmir, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video came to our notice, we conducted research and found that this was an old video from Bolivia.
To verify the claims made by the users. We conducted a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video on Google, leading us to media reports containing the same video. According to reports(Africanews, Bolvisiontv), this was a clash between the coca producers and Bolivian authorities. Per the report, in the video, a protesting coca farmer threw a homemade dynamite stick at the police while holding the other one in another hand. Within a few seconds, the second one burst in his hand, causing him serious injury.
Hence, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the viral video is not from Jammu and Kashmir but an old incident from Bolivia.
Intent
Social media users are circulating old videos from Bolivia with misleading claims to set their narrative.
Conclusion
Claim– A boy threw a stone at an army soldier, and the soldier immediately shot him, in Jammu and Kashmir.
Fact- This viral video is not from J&K but an old video from Bolivia. The man had received injuries after suffering a homemade dynamite explosion in August 2022.
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