{"id":292916,"date":"2024-12-12T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=292916"},"modified":"2024-12-12T12:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:06:20","slug":"tragic-deaths-of-mother-children-in-purnea-bihar-falsely-viral-as-attack-on-hindu-family-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tragic-deaths-of-mother-children-in-purnea-bihar-falsely-viral-as-attack-on-hindu-family-in-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic deaths of mother & children in Purnea, Bihar, falsely viral as attack on Hindu family in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trigger Warning: Murder, Suicide, Violence Against Children<\/strong><\/p>\n

The story uses only screenshots in view of the graphic nature of the actual video.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A video is viral on the social media showing distressing footage of the lifeless bodies of three children and a woman. Users have claimed that this video is from Bangladesh, and depicts the brutality of ‘radical Islamists’ who apparently attacked the village of Giripur, in Mymensingh. Such claims have been viral against the backdrop of the unrest that has engulfed the country since the abdication of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, continuing to the present day, under the interim leadership of Mohammed Yunus.<\/p>\n

X user @Sanatan Voice (@SanatanVoice_in<\/a>) shared the video, claiming that \u2018a mother and her three young children were injured in the attack.\u2019 <\/span>The tweet was later deleted. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The X account Megh Updates (@MeghUpdates<\/a>) shared the viral video, claiming that \u2018radical Islamists\u2019 had attacked the homes of Hindu residents in Mymensingh, committing rape and vandalism. The tweet had managed to accumulate more than 33,000 views and over 750 re-shares, but was eventually deleted by the user. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Readers should note that Alt News has previously debunked several false claims<\/a> by this user, including misinformation related to the Bangladesh situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another verified X user, Sunanda Roy (@SaffronSunanda<\/a>) shared the viral video, claiming that Muslim perpetrators had raped a woman and attacked her children, leaving them badly injured. At the time of this article being written, the post has garnered more than 19,000 views, and has been re-shared over 870 times. (Archive<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another X user, Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala<\/a>), who has been called out by Alt News for sharing disinformation on social media on several occasions<\/a>, also shared the viral video with the same claim. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Below are a few more instances of the same claim being made along with the viral video.<\/p>\n