2020 Video of Tanks Shelling Falsely Linked to Ceasefire Violation in Poonch

This video dates back to 2020 and is unrelated to the recent terror attack that happened in Pahalgam.

An old video of army launching tanks is being falsely linked to Pahalgam terror attack.

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Following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, a video showing an army firing artillery is going viral online to claim that it shows a recent visual of artillery shelling between Pakistan and India in Tatta Pani Sector at the LOC (Line of Control).

X (formerly Twitter) user '@RealBababanras' who often shares misinformation shared this claim, which has garnered over 364K views.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here, here and here.)

What's the truth?: This video dates back to 2020 and has no connection to the ceasefire violation in the Tatta Pani sector on 23 April. It also has no connection to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam.

How did we find out the truth?: We divided the video into multiple keyframes and ran some of them on Google for reverse image search.

This led us several old Facebook posts, one from 2020 and the other one from 2021.

This video dates back to 2020.

(Source: FB/screenshot)

• We also found a video report shared by Republic Bharat and it carried the same video but in an inverted format.

• The video was shared on 14 June 2020 and the video stated that it shows Pakistan's violating ceasefire in Poonch and then Indian army retaliating.

• However, the report did not carry any source of the visual so we cannot independently confirm the location.

• However, it is clear that this is an old video which predates the recent Pahalgam attack.

Conclusion: An old video of army launching tanks is being falsely linked to Pahalgam terror attack.

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