{"id":126199,"date":"2022-08-23T11:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=126199"},"modified":"2022-08-23T11:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:03:23","slug":"no-this-is-not-a-video-of-a-stone-pelter-getting-shot-down-by-soldiers-in-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-a-video-of-a-stone-pelter-getting-shot-down-by-soldiers-in-jk\/","title":{"rendered":"No, this is not a video of a stone-pelter getting shot down by soldiers in J&amp;K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some. Reader discretion is advised.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A viral video of a person, seemingly a protester, throwing an object into the distance and then within a few seconds of that suffering a casualty which appears to be from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) he was most likely carrying, is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the injured individual seen in the video was a &#8220;stone-pelter&#8221; who was shot down by soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@pawankharb1881<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">shared this video with the claim in Hindi. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220822133031\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pawankharb1881\/status\/1560711575396237312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archived link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091c\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0942 \u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b<br \/>\n(\u0907\u092e\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 )\u0928\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0925\u0930\u092c\u093e\u091c \u0928\u0947 \u092b\u094c\u091c\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0939\u092c \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0925\u0930 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e, \u092b\u094c\u091c\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0939\u092c \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u0941\u0930\u0902\u0924 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0925\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u0935\u093e\u092c \u0917\u094b\u0932\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e.<br \/>\n\u0910\u0938\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u093e \u0911\u0928 \u0926\u093e \u0938\u094d\u092a\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f<br \/>\n\u0935\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u092e \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928 \u092e\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092c\u093f\u0932\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u092d\u0940 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0925\u0930 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u0905\u0930\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0908 \u091c\u093e\u0928 \u091c\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gdYcLAOMk\">pic.twitter.com\/2gdYcLAOMk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092a\u0935\u0928 \u091a\u094c\u0927\u0930\u0940 (@pawankharb1881) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pawankharb1881\/status\/1560711575396237312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Users <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220822132157\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/dsrajpurohit291\/status\/1559833011025154053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@dsrajpurohit291<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220822132638\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/katarhinduAK47\/status\/1561412241140101120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@katarhinduAK47<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220822132944\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/rclcpa4\/status\/1561256809683226624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@rclcpa4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">, <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">and <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220822131721\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/RPDULAR\/status\/1559482225586245632\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@RPDULAR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0were among the <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%20filter%3Avideos&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many users<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"> who tweeted this video.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-126199 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-a-video-of-a-stone-pelter-getting-shot-down-by-soldiers-in-jk\/1-129\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"1526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-1.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-1-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-1-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-1-768x1202.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-a-video-of-a-stone-pelter-getting-shot-down-by-soldiers-in-jk\/2-116\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"972\" height=\"1432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-1.jpg 972w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-1-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-1-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-1-768x1131.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-a-video-of-a-stone-pelter-getting-shot-down-by-soldiers-in-jk\/3-102\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"1571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-2.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-2-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-2-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-2-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-2-987x1536.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-a-video-of-a-stone-pelter-getting-shot-down-by-soldiers-in-jk\/chrome_vcly2w0h0e\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"1497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_vcLy2w0H0e.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_vcLy2w0H0e.jpg 1118w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_vcLy2w0H0e-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_vcLy2w0H0e-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_vcLy2w0H0e-768x1028.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This video has been shared widely circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0&amp;filters=eyJ2aWRlb3Nfc29ydF9ieTowIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwidmlkZW9zX3NvcnRfYnlcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIk1vc3QgUmVjZW50XCJ9IiwicnBfY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZTowIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0wOFxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMlxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF9tb250aFxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjItMDhcXFwiLFxcXCJzdGFydF9kYXlcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTA4LTIyXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjItMDgtMjhcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_ckx7MjF25P.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1423\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_ckx7MjF25P.jpg 1423w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_ckx7MjF25P-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_ckx7MjF25P-1024x924.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/chrome_ckx7MjF25P-768x693.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-Check<\/h4>\n<p>Upon reverse image searching one of the stills from the video, we were led to a USA Crime report titled &#8220;Coca grower accidentally blows himself up with dynamite stick in Bolivia&#8221; which contains the viral video. The report was published on August 8, the readers can find an archived version of the report <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/FWPbW#selection-571.0-571.72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Pl\u00e1cido Cota, a coca farmer and brother to the leader of the Council of Women&#8217;s Peasant Federations of Los Yungas, was seriously injured while handling a stick of dynamite during a confrontation with the police in Villa El Carmen. In the video, Cota is seen backing away after throwing an object and within seconds, a stick of dynamite explodes, leaving him with grave injuries. He was admitted to the operating room with a diagnosis of traumatic amputation of the left forearm and abdominal trauma.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/Cota.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1363\" height=\"1410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/Cota.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/Cota-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/Cota-990x1024.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/Cota-768x794.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1363px) 100vw, 1363px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then performed a search on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=placido+cota+bolivia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> using relevant keywords and found several reports by Bolivian media outlets on Pl\u00e1cido Cota&#8217;s recovery. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-vr4e1ypQLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video report<\/a> from August 21, available on the YouTube channel, Noticias Bolivisi\u00f3n, Placido Cota has been showing improvement in his health. At the beginning of the TV news report, the viral video is played and Cota has been circled out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126234 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2022-08-22-21_01_59-Still-from-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1863\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2022-08-22-21_01_59-Still-from-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1863w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2022-08-22-21_01_59-Still-from-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2022-08-22-21_01_59-Still-from-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x483.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2022-08-22-21_01_59-Still-from-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2022-08-22-21_01_59-Still-from-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1536x725.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1863px) 100vw, 1863px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/americas\/bolivia-farmers-clash-with-police-over-illegal-coca-markets-59391#:~:text=Coca%20cultivators%20protest%20in%20capital,say%20are%20new%20unlawful%20markets.&amp;text=Clashes%20between%20police%20and%20the,are%20new%20illegal%20coca%20markets.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by TRT World, clashes between police and the Departmental Association of Coca Producers (ADEPCOCA) have continued in the Bolivian capital, where coca growers demand the closure of what they claim are new illegal coca markets. ADEPCOCA manages the main coca market in the capital and claims to be the only market authorised to trade coca leaves. In recent years, the organisation has been opposed to the former president and leader of the ruling MAS party Evo Morales, who heads another coca growers&#8217; union in the Chapare locality. As per a report by Spanish daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.la-razon.com\/nacional\/2022\/08\/19\/placido-cota-del-dinamitazo-a-una-segunda-oportunidad-somos-familia-dios-existe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Raz\u00f3n<\/a>, Cota and his companions were guarding the Villa El Carmen coca market which is considered illegal by ADEPCOCA.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the video being circulated is not of a stone-pelter getting shot down by soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, but a Bolivian coca farmer who got gravely injured in a dynamite explosion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some. 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