Does This Video Show Recent Visuals of Blasts Amid India-Pakistan Conflict? No!

This video dates back to 2022 and shows a massive explosion occurred in the northern Pakistani city of Sialkot.

An old video of a massive blast in Pakistan is being falsely shared as a recent video.

(Photo: The Quint)

A video showing a massive blast is going viral to claim that it shows a recent attack where the Pakistani army targeted India.

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What's the truth?: This video dates back to 2022 and shows a massive explosion in the northern Pakistani city of Sialkot.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video using Google and this led us to a report shared by NDTV on 20 March 2022.

• The report carried a screengrab from the same viral video and it stated that a massive explosion was witnessed in Sialkot, Pakistan.

• It added that multiple explosions at the Sialkot military base in northern Pakistan were heard.

This report is from 2022.

(source: NDTV/Screenshot)

• Taking a cue, we performed a keyword search on Google and then found more reports about this incident.

• Hindustan Times, Times of India and Pakistan Today also carried the same video and the screenshots from video.

• It states that according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an accidental fire caused by short-circuit triggered a series of explosion at a military depot in Sialkot Garrison, Pakistan's Punjab province.

Conclusion: An old video of a massive blast in Pakistan is being falsely shared as a recent video.

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